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
Not only do I not find men attractive, the relative attractive or unattractiveness of a man is usually not even something my brain considers.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2021
It has a kind of deliberate unattractiveness, setting out on its journey with the words: "Take me or leave me."
From Another Sheaf by John Galsworthy
