uninviting
adjective
not inviting; unpleasant.
uninvitingly
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a word derived from
uninviting.
Example Sentences
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In 2014, another toddler - dubbed the "fence baby" - uninvitingly crept onto White House grounds.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2023
Casting one final look at the table, which was far from uninvitingly set, she slipped out and I was left to contemplate the dozen or so photographs that covered the walls.
From That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
He was a short, stout, bald-headed individual, wearing large spectacles, and he looked up rather uninvitingly as they entered.
From Dave Porter At Bear Camp or, The Wild Man of Mirror Lake by Walter S. Rogers
Christine walked nonchalantly and uninvitingly through the streets, quite unresponsive to the exhilaration of events.
From The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett
Inside, where the hall smelled uninvitingly of stale cooking, they rang for the elevator under a dim yellow light which revealed a hundred secret lines in their faces.
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
