charmless

American  

[chahrm-lis] / ˈtʃɑrm lɪs /

adjective

1. without charm; unappealing.

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Explanation

Charmless people and things fail to please or captivate interest. They lack appeal and beauty and seem boring, dull, and plain. Something charmless lacks popular appeal: a joke without a punchline, a plain outfit, a lonely street in a remote town. Someone charmless lacks social and personal appeal: they’re not considered well-mannered, interesting, or, well, charming! But there’s a problem with this unappealing adjective: it’s almost always based on someone’s opinion so it’s personal and biased even. Maybe that plain outfit isn’t charmless after all, maybe it’s just a matter of perspective.

Example Sentences

But once Mr. August gets us past his very soft and charmless introduction, his version gains momentum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But Variety's Amaride Tinubu said he was "utterly charmless" in the role.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

If it comes in the form of a charmless dork out of revenge for all the cool kids who aren't impressed by his money, so be it.

From Salon • May 25, 2023

The properties they deal with tend to be modern and charmless, in a way that spells money.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2022

The Smeaths in our rendition of them are charmless, miserly, heavy as dough, boring as white margarine, which we claim they eat for dessert.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood