unprepossessing

/ ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ /

adjective

1. not creating a favourable impression; unattractive

Example Sentences

She’s a photographer who takes pictures of young men, with a particular preference for guys that are unprepossessing, shy and biddable.

From New York Times

The choices of costume designer Dominique Fawn Hill seem only to draw out the characters’ most unprepossessing personality features.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet he remained unprepossessing throughout his life, preferring tattered shirts and khakis to tailored suits.

From New York Times

The second floor includes her unprepossessing but charming early sculpture: the “Bottle People Series,” modest glass bottles humanized with headdresses and such, made in 1997, while she was at The Cooper Union.

From New York Times

The book, which measures about 12 by 14 inches and weighs 26 pounds, is housed in an unprepossessing early 20th-century brown leather binding.

From New York Times

Related Words

• awful
• grisly
• grotesque
• hideous
• horrid
• unseemly
• unsightly