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Meanings of untempting in English

Not tempting.

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        Not appealing to the senses.

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              Examples for "uninviting"
              Examples for "uninviting"
              1
              The general appearance of the coast from the lake was somewhat uninviting.
              Roughing It in the Bush
              2
              Unheated, it can often be uninviting to those who prefer warmer water.
              The Guardian
              3
              And the fields were uninviting; and to die was not so pleasant.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 / A Magazi...
              4
              A more uninviting forest to pass the night in I never saw.
              The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
              5
              Scientific books are usually dry, uninviting reading; they lack the human interest.
              Evening Round-Up / More Good Stuff Like Pep
              Usage of untempting in English
              1
              It was very untempting-looking for food, though they might have preferred it to shark flesh.
              Adrift in a Boat
              2
              Nevertheless, that dark hole was untempting.
              Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
              3
              In the chilly dusk air, it looked most untempting, especially during that state of mind under which I was labouring.
              Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
              4
              The untempting morsel passed from his hand to hers, and under the compulsion of his insistence she began to eat.
              The Way of an Eagle
              5
              It was a long, low, coral-formed island, with a white beach- averyuntempting spot for a habitation in that burning climate.
              Captain Mugford: Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors
              6
              Herbert, in the dingy solitude of his untempting chambers, might despair and look upon life and its aims as a hopeless enigma.
              Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
              7
              On board the English boat it was necessary to be very hungry, in order to attack the solid, untempting joints of roast and boiled.
              Rides on Railways
              8
              Now that his heart is subdued and slow he still looks for pearls, and tempts coy Fortune with dramatic sincerity and most untempting things.
              My Tropic Isle
              Untempting through the time