attractive
adjective
providing pleasure or delight, especially in appearance or manner; pleasing; charming; alluring.
unattractiveness
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a word derived from
attractive.
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a word derived from
attractiveness.
attractivenessnounthe quality of being pleasing, charming, or alluring, especially in appearance or manner: floral arrangements judged on quality and attractiveness.
Example Sentences
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“My date drop was chopped,” one student wrote, using a slang term for unattractiveness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Opal Stacie, by contrast, witnessed firsthand how young children are socialized to believe that fatness and unattractiveness are synonymous.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2022
"The number of shares and amount of shareholder capital that companies spend on this shows the inefficiency and unattractiveness of the Japanese market."
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
He likes to joke about his dislike of the media, making a crack about their unattractiveness during a recent Halloween event for reporters' children in the Oval Office.
From Time ● Oct. 31, 2017
His tactlessness, abrupt speech, and his habit of thrusting his tongue against his palate at every syllable, do not lessen his undeniable unattractiveness.
From With Steyn and De Wet by Philip Pienaar
