Usage of "off-putting"

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Usage of off-putting in English

There are, to be sure, some off-putting aspects to the Ryder Cup. 
 Reuters 

Then those phones tried to be different, but in variously off-putting ways. 
 Wired 

The backlash may have even started during his bizarre, off-putting Oscar speech. 
 The Guardian 

His often stilted demeanour in front of the cameras was also off-putting. 
 News.com.au 

It's not an off-putting weight that would leave your arm aching though. 
 News.com.au 

A loving close-up of your nostril hairs is off-putting for the others. 
 The South African 

This, combined with its dark and ghoulish atmosphere, might make it off-putting. 
 The South African 

This cloyingly sweet smell is off-putting for many would-be canned coffee consumers. 
 Wired 

The difficulties of applying for a postal vote in custody often prove off-putting. 
 The Guardian 

It must be rather off-putting to the people you work with.' 
 Geomancer (Well of Echoes) 

It was very off-putting, as they went on the rest of the paper. 
 The Irish Times 

It surprised Faith when his reply was gruff, his attitude off-putting. 
 Frontier courtship 

There are, to be sure, off-putting aspects to the Ryder Cup. 
 Reuters 

Told I was intimidating and off-putting by colleague on third day. 
 Ebony 

The term may be somewhat off-putting for the lay-person or the philosophical initiate. 
 The Irish Times 

Yet Ilyumzhinov's survival suggests that not everyone finds his notoriety off-putting. 
 The Guardian 

Meanings of off-putting in English