as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unappealing mess of dirt and trash in the corner of the room
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Recent Examples of unappealing
Even with a low price of approximately $34 per share, the stock still appears unappealing.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
For women juggling caregiving, community roles and personal well-being, this model becomes not just unappealing but unlivable.
—Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The idea of coaching through years of losses, player development and strategic asset collection may have been unappealing.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Artificial flavors, while unappealing to some, have fueled relatively little controversy lately, in part because they are so clearly labeled and thus easy to avoid for those looking to abstain.
—Ali Bouzari, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
For women juggling caregiving, community roles and personal well-being, this model becomes not just unappealing but unlivable.
—Raquel Gomes, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The idea of coaching through years of losses, player development and strategic asset collection may have been unappealing.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
Artificial flavors, while unappealing to some, have fueled relatively little controversy lately, in part because they are so clearly labeled and thus easy to avoid for those looking to abstain.
—Ali Bouzari, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappealing
Adjective
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The stan fighting quickly turned ugly; a fan posted a racist meme of Huda as the police officer who murdered George Floyd, with Olandria’s face pasted on Floyd’s.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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This obviously created some hard feelings and things got very ugly.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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But the promise turned into disappointment during the Rockies’ hideous first half of the season.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
19 July 2025
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The last two decades spent without a Devil Wears Prada sequel started to feel a little bit like enduring a 20-year hideous skirt convention.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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Suddenly the menace is no longer just the question of whether Keith can be trusted, but something far more shocking, grotesque, bizarre.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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As Hall began to test the waters with his jailhouse interlocutor (Taron Egerton) by getting ever more grotesque, his voice dropped down a register.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Too much control, and the stablecoins will be clunky, unattractive, and irrelevant.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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While most will not severely affect plant life in your yard, some mushrooms are unattractive.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Unappealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappealing. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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