unattractive
Britishadjective
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not appealing to the senses or mind through beauty, form, character, etc
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not arousing interest
an unattractive proposition
Example Sentences
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If the dollar is unattractive as a portfolio hedge, the more incentive there is to reduce dollar exposure.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
If Olympia makes it unattractive to build companies where that talent graduated, those founders will take their education—and the jobs they create—elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
And when that accident happened, she felt so unattractive to him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Evangelos Mytilineos told the BBC that "the tide was turning" after a rocky period after Brexit when the London Stock Exchange looked unattractive.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
“Once Ignatius started talking to them people, they’d maybe get mad and lock him up for good,” Mrs. Reilly said, but she was thinking that even that alternative wasn’t too unattractive.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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