uninviting

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Recent Examples of uninviting Use tongs, not fingers, to push down the ice cube to fill the chamber. Step 3: Add dish soap More likely than not the blades are coated with gunk, grease, and other uninviting residue. Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024 Without proper lighting, our eyes can struggle to understand the dimensions of a room and create for a rather uninviting vibe. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024 With its emphasis on sleek forms and minimal decoration, modern style can be perceived as cold and uninviting. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2024 The total surface or working area of the intestines is approximately equal to the surface area of two tennis courts, though some Swedish scientists have downgraded it to the size of a small studio apartment — an apartment that is dark and uninviting. San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for uninviting
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Adjective
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    Kristin Canning, Wired News, 21 May 2025
  • Today after dropping off groceries, my wife noted that the refrigerator, in her opinion, had an unpleasant odor.
    Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • But fashion aside, Capri in truth is an utterly inhospitable piece of high rock surrounded by churning seas, with not a single accessible beach to its name.
    James Fallon, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
  • The temperatures for late May, even this far north, have plummeted, making the inhospitable terrain of northern Finland even tougher for the Finnish, Swedish and British soldiers halfway through joint live-fire exercises, dubbed Northern Strike 125, in Europe's largest training ground, Rovajärvi.
    Ellie Cook — reporting from Rovajärvi, northern Finland, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025

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“Uninviting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninviting. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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