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Meanings of untempting in inglês

Not tempting.

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Not appealing to the senses.

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Examples for "unattractive"
Examples for "unattractive"
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Many banks see Europe's power sector as an unattractive market for investors.
Reuters
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The unattractive exhibition 61, is a familiar sight in the social world.
What Dress Makes of Us
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The deal ended last month because plunging silicon prices made it unattractive.
Reuters
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Altogether she seemed a girl unattractive in person and reserved in speech.
The Lost Lady of Lone
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Outlets used to typically be unattractive locations, used for selling clearance merchandise.
Reuters
Usage of untempting in inglês
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It was very untempting-looking for food, though they might have preferred it to shark flesh.
Adrift in a Boat
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Nevertheless, that dark hole was untempting.
Jimgrim and Allah's Peace
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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