unattractive
adjective
un·at·trac·tive
ˌən-ə-ˈtrak-tiv 
unattractively
adverb
unattractiveness
noun
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Examples of unattractive in a Sentence
an unattractive, awkward baby bird
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Faced with the unattractive alternative of continuing to fight without the assurance of further U.S. backing, Kyiv and its Western partners are now considering how to secure an acceptable deal with Moscow.
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Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
And, second, a pruned crepe myrtle simply leaves you with unattractive stumps all winter long.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025
Brown used the discourse to take a shot at Jemele Hill, suggesting that the journalist is unattractive and that men don’t want to be romantically involved with her.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
That’s so great in the book, having that perspective on somebody’s darkest, deepest, most unattractive, unflattering thoughts.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
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Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2025
And, second, a pruned crepe myrtle simply leaves you with unattractive stumps all winter long.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025
Brown used the discourse to take a shot at Jemele Hill, suggesting that the journalist is unattractive and that men don’t want to be romantically involved with her.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
That’s so great in the book, having that perspective on somebody’s darkest, deepest, most unattractive, unflattering thoughts.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Unattractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unattractive. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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unattractive
adjective
un·at·trac·tive
-ˈtrak-tiv
: not attractive : plain
unattractively
adverb
unattractiveness
noun
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