ingratiating
adjective
uningratiating
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a word derived from
ingratiating.
Example Sentences
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Plaza, whose comedy chops were honed on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” wrings a complete biography from her character’s uningratiating manner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
That “we know you’re watching” gaze is echt Naharin, and its fine calibration of uningratiating directness, more assuming than aggressive, is like a watermark — an aspect that his many imitators struggle to reproduce.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
His good looks were uningratiating: saturnine and severe.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2017
In debate, Hitch was lethal—a super-articulate terrorist, fearless, uningratiating, unforgettable, and unforgetting.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2011
Oh, yes, there are points about quarrelling, but it’s so hopelessly uningratiating to be—bored.
From Lady Cassandra by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
