unappetizing

/ ʌnˈæpɪˌtaɪzɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of food) not pleasing or stimulating to the appetite

2. (of a prospect, person, etc) not appealing or attractive

   unappetizing to investors

Example Sentences

Penelope also found the tale moving, but despite her sympathy she found herself wishing that the Widow Ashton had not chosen to tell such an unappetizing story at the dinner table.

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But these days, telling a table for two that they only have 90 minutes to eat is unappetizing, says Benjamin Berg, founder of the Berg restaurant group in Houston.

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She and T.J. obtain it at a local convenience store bathed in unappetizing fluorescent lighting.

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His exhausting trade war with China has accomplished nothing, except to convince Xi’s unappetizing but highly rational regime that negotiating with this dude is pointless.

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Other flowers with unappetizing odors use different chemicals as their top notes, all with the purpose of attracting pollinators drawn to the aroma of their preferred type of rotting meat.

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Related Words

• insipid 
• unappealing 
• unattractive 
• uninteresting 
• unpalatable 
• unpleasant 
• unsavory