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Meanings of unprepossessing in English

Creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression.

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Usage of unprepossessing in English
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The ngoni may look quite unprepossessing -like a flattened child's guitar.
The Irish Times
2
A few visitors remain standing before the unprepossessing grave, others pass casually.
The Irish Times
3
Behind their unprepossessing exteriors lurk traces of loneliness, homesickness, fear or affection.
The Guardian
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Altogether it was as unprepossessing a place as I had ever seen.
The Silent Bullet
5
Beckert is not a wronged man taunted unfairly for his unprepossessing looks.
The Irish Times
6
Over this unprepossessing area moved the unfortunate performers, wearing scruffy, modern, everyday clothes.
The Irish Times
7
Notwithstanding the unprepossessing appearance of the shore, we thankfully hurried into the boat.
In the Wilds of Africa
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They are the most unprepossessing humans I have seen the whole world round.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II / From Teheran To Yoko...
9
Both were diminutive in size, bow-legged, lame in one foot, and altogether unprepossessing.
The Light of the Western Stars
10
I have never seen so unprepossessing a site for human habitation.
Roma eterna
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The manuscript, a small, unprepossessing thing, would fit comfortably into an average-size hand.
The Guardian
12
His disheveled hair and burning eyes gave an unprepossessing touch to the picture.
Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Mi...
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And yet, that unprepossessing ordinariness is what makes Buscemi captivating as a performer.
The new yorker
14
If not rude, he was sometimes, indeed generally, abrupt and unprepossessing in manner.
Charles Lamb: A Memoir
15
The place seemed to be a sort of private hotel, unostentatious and unprepossessing.
An Amiable Charlatan
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Too late, Tommy remembered his scheme of obliterating the unprepossessing Conrad.
The Secret Adversary
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