as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unattractive, awkward baby bird
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Recent Examples of unattractive
Just as stores stock shelves to present unattractive options alongside attractive ones, farmers could plant certain flower species in or near crop plants to increase visitation to the target crops.
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Claire Therese Hemingway, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2024
Autumn pruning helps manage foliar diseases and beautifies the landscape, as peony foliage tends to turn black and unattractive in winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
To make the European market unattractive for Chinese EV exporters, tariffs have to be as high as 50%, according to research group Rhodium.
—Sonia Heng, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
Not showing me as completely broken and unattractive at the beginning was important to the arc.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Claire Therese Hemingway, Discover Magazine, 28 Sep. 2024
Autumn pruning helps manage foliar diseases and beautifies the landscape, as peony foliage tends to turn black and unattractive in winter.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
To make the European market unattractive for Chinese EV exporters, tariffs have to be as high as 50%, according to research group Rhodium.
—Sonia Heng, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
Not showing me as completely broken and unattractive at the beginning was important to the arc.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattractive
Adjective
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An ugly opt in: If there is no trade by Feb. 6, Butler then regains a degree of leverage with the right to invoke his $52.4 million player option next season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2025
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This underscores an ugly truth as to why California’s housing is grossly and unnecessarily expensive, and in short supply.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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And in reading on, it will be said up front that government spending is the most hideous, economy-sapping tax of all.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Janacek’s Capriccio is a strange hybrid of lyricism and grotesque shocks of color.—
Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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As is the case with horror icons such as Dracula, Freddy Krueger, and The Babadook, expect Bill Skarsgård's grotesque Count Orlok to be an annual Halloween costume favorite from now on.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Unattractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattractive. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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