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Meanings of unprepossessing appearance in inglés

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Usage of unprepossessing appearance in inglés
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Notwithstanding the unprepossessing appearance of the shore, we thankfully hurried into the boat.
In the Wilds of Africa
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The prophet's financial agent was of so unprepossessing appearance that we declined investing.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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This, from their unprepossessing appearance, we were not well-disposed to do.
In the Eastern Seas
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The other was an Irishman by birth, prematurely aged, of diminutive stature, and unprepossessing appearance.
Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawse...
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It was a small side street, of somewhat unprepossessing appearance, leading out of Beauchamp Street.
Herb of Grace
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I will not say that it is uncivilized, but it has a harsh, crude, unprepossessing appearance.
North America — Volume 1
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The groom, many years the bride's senior, and of strikingly unprepossessing appearance, was a Cuban of great wealth.
Fifth Avenue
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Haroun, looking sternly at Hunoman, who was a stout man of middle height, and not unprepossessing appearance, said-
Tales of the Caliph
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A tallish, lean man of a particularly unprepossessing appearance was leaning over him with an air of immense solicitude.
None Other Gods
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He was, the shepherd says, the best dog he ever saw, in spite of his surly manners and unprepossessing appearance.
A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals
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But we must not be too hard on the poor Kalmyks, or judge of their character by their unprepossessing appearance.
Russia
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This emotion was due not so much to the unprepossessing appearance of the prisoner as to the enormity of his offence.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.
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Fret Offut arose from his unwelcome bath, dripping from head to foot with the nasty mess, presenting a most unprepossessing appearance.
Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South Ameri...
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Whatever it was, he had been saved from it by his wife, a bony lady of unprepossessing appearance, but irreproachable views.
Novel Notes
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The burbot, much-maligned for its unprepossessing appearance with a fleshy appendage dangling from its chin, was last sighted in British rivers in 1969.
The Guardian
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The moment we set foot on shore, two men, very poorly dressed and of unprepossessing appearance, came to us and begged for assistance.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
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