unappetizing

adjective

un·​ap·​pe·​tiz·​ing ˌən-ˈa-pə-ˌtī-ziŋ 

: not appetizing : insipid, unattractive

unappetizingly

ˌən-ˈa-pə-ˌtī-ziŋ-lē 

adverb

Synonyms

• brackish
• distasteful
• unpalatable
• unsavory
• yucky
• yukky

Examples of unappetizing in a Sentence

the array of unappetizing foods that we encountered at that cheap roadside restaurant

Recent Examples on the Web

That's an unappetizing reality for a mayor whose transportation referendum, which was widely approved by voters, just raised the city's sales tax rate. —Nate Rau, Axios, 17 Mar. 2025

Will the members of that unappetizing quartet turn out to be harbingers of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death? —airmail.news, 15 Mar. 2025

Higher concentrations tend to make the water gloopy and unappetizing. —The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025

Few projects sound quite as unappetizing as cleaning out the attic. —Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for unappetizing

• actualizing
• antagonizing
• apologising
• apologizing
• capitalizing
• categorizing
• characterizing
• commercializing
• conceptualizing
• criminalizing
• decentralizing
• decolorizing