uninviting
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of uninviting
Example Sentences
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Loyal customers have complained about long wait times and an increasingly uninviting atmosphere in stores.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
From here, the mountains’ south-facing slopes might appear dry and even dull, uninviting to people who spend a lifetime in L.A. without ever seeing the greener, snowier northern slopes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
Ahedo’s cone-shaped adobe rooms appeared to have fared fairly well, but Otis blew out windows and the solar panels that had powered his business and turned his pool an uninviting green.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Animals “are broadening their foraging range and going into more traditionally uninviting and unnatural areas to try to get food and keep alive,” he says.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2023
It was a very beautiful house but looked just as uninviting as the iron gate.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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