unattractive
pronunciation
How to pronounce unattractive in British English: UK [ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv]
How to pronounce unattractive in American English: US [ˌʌnəˈtræktɪv]
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- Adjective:
- lacking beauty or charm
- lacking power to arouse interest
- not appealing to the senses
Word Origin
- unattractive (adj.)
- 1729, from un- (1) "not" + attractive. Related: Unattractively; unattractiveness.
Example
- 1. On several measures , bank shares still look unattractive .
- 2. As the graph below shows , attractive ncds respondents are significantly more intelligent than unattractive ncds respondents .
- 3. This is true of goals in general : when they 're unattractive or impossible we don 't bother with them .
- 4. Unattractive nobody looks at on .
- 5. Your outrage is ludicrous and unattractive .