appealing
adjective
evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
unappealingly
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a word derived from
appealing.
Example Sentences
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With its sunny elevator-music-scored opening of cheery park scenes and leafy residential neighborhoods, “Ice Cream Man” sets itself up, not unappealingly, like a Norman Rockwell painting asking to be vandalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even when they are tasty, creamy pasta sauces can be unappealingly heavy.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
I found the sauce nondescript and the mass of oyster and beech mushrooms, coupled with less-than-crunchy buttermilk slaw, unappealingly mushy.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2019
And she seems to have a knack for convincing people to be radically, unappealingly honest.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2018
Meats can come out of those bags looking unappealingly gray, which is why searing them afterward on the stove top or grill is common practice.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2017
