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Meanings of unappealing in английском

(Of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings.

Not able to attract favorable attention.

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Usage of unappealing in английском
1
Brin suggested that the way people today use their smartphones was unappealing.
The Guardian
2
Being away from you for months at a time is highly unappealing.
Bulletproof bride
3
The CMA has not blocked the deal, but it now looks unappealing.
Reuters
4
The solids do look unappealing, and we prefer to leave them out.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
5
It will be stripped of its illu­sions and will be utterly unappealing.
Heaven
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He finds it all unappealing and rushes back to his TV screen.
The new yorker
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And the levels of pay offered in the services sector are frequently unappealing.
The Irish Times
8
I wanted to find his words or manner unappealing, but they were winsome.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
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Today, the identikit wedding with the rigid dress code feels passé and unappealing.
The Guardian
10
Life without Kane, of course, had been distinctly unappealing back in the autumn.
The Guardian
11
THE Oncology Ward in University College Hospital, Galway, is a miserably unappealing place.
The Irish Times
12
None of this makes the story interesting, because the characters are so unappealing.
The Guardian
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Both paths seemed equally unappealing and equally fraught with peril now.
Beautiful assassin
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Strangely for her, loud music seemed unappealing, and conversation felt futile.
Radiant Shadows
15
They stopped when the tunnel split into three equally dark and unappealing branches.
The bone palace
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A nurse talks the sick woman through various unappealing palliative measures.
The Irish Times
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common