unappealing

/ ˌʌnəˈpiːlɪŋ /

adjective

1. not attractive or pleasing

Example Sentences

The prospect of paying more for consumer goods was especially unappealing after years of high inflation, which has led to a persistent feeling among many people that they’re on shaky financial footing.

From Los Angeles Times

It doesn’t always work: Many of these projects drift into an unappealing uncanny valley.

From Los Angeles Times

“Undocumented immigrant workers are concentrated in the most dangerous, hazardous, and otherwise unappealing jobs in US,” according to an article published in the International Migration Review.

From BBC

Trump and Vance offer a grim and unappealing vision of gender relations, one where women are shuffling servants under the watchful eye of dour patriarchs.

From Salon

Presidents have faced a platter of unappealing choices in handling the student encampments, which have recently popped up all over the country, to protest Israel’s war in Gaza.

From New York Times

Related Words

• disgusting
• dreary
• ugly
• unappetizing
• unattractive
• unpleasant