uninviting

[ uhn-in-vahy-ting ]

adjective

1. not inviting; inviting; unpleasant:

   a region with an uninviting climate.

   Synonyms: unattractive, unappealing, disagreeable

uninviting

/ ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ /

adjective

1. not tempting, alluring, or attractive

Other Words From

• unin·viting·ly adverb
• unin·viting·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of uninviting¹

First recorded in 1680–90; un- ¹ + inviting

Example Sentences

Over the next two decades, people ate, drank, and smoked under those uninviting gateways.

From The Daily Beast

Second,tourism industries worldwide never advertise the uninviting or unpalatable side to their tourist destinations.

From The Daily Beast

The banks on the American side, where we knew we had safe passage, looked uninviting—covered with a wall of forbidding plants.

From The Daily Beast

The bed was so untidy and uninviting that she would not lie down on it, so she made them bring in an old armchair.

From Project Gutenberg

Last section of East arte should go; but rocks up to the shoulder are uninviting.

From Project Gutenberg

Every window reflected back the same blank uninviting gloom.

From Project Gutenberg

On the left the country varied between flat and upland, but was hardly less uninviting.

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The extremes of climate, and our uninviting roads, discourage open air exercise, and comparatively few have much time to go out.

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