not much to look at
idiom
informal
: not physically attractive
The restaurant isn't much to look at, but the food is good.
The dog isn't much to look at, but he's a great hunting dog.
Examples of not much to look at in a Sentence
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There is not much to look at in terms of P/S multiple.
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The 9,000-square-foot lot at 555 Kelly St. in Half Moon Bay is not much to look at.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
The problem is, there's not much to look at.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
Yet for many, many years, owing to technical, practical and economic reasons, the pictures were not much to look at: flatly lighted, stolidly framed, fashioned to convey dialogue, broad action and necessary information but rarely to communicate mood or tell their own sort of story.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
The courtyard in the old college housing at the rear of the former Sage-Allen & Co. department store property in downtown Hartford is all concrete and not much to look at, much less spend time in.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2021
For now, there is not much to look at in the numbers.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
By some accounts, Welwitschia is not much to look at.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
The Five were not much to look at.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
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Trefis Team, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate The 9,000-square-foot lot at 555 Kelly St. in Half Moon Bay is not much to look at.
—J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2023
The problem is, there's not much to look at.
—Anna Bahney, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
Yet for many, many years, owing to technical, practical and economic reasons, the pictures were not much to look at: flatly lighted, stolidly framed, fashioned to convey dialogue, broad action and necessary information but rarely to communicate mood or tell their own sort of story.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
The courtyard in the old college housing at the rear of the former Sage-Allen & Co. department store property in downtown Hartford is all concrete and not much to look at, much less spend time in.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2021
For now, there is not much to look at in the numbers.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
By some accounts, Welwitschia is not much to look at.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
The Five were not much to look at.
—Matthew Desmond, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
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“Not much to look at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not%20much%20to%20look%20at. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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