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
So Damaris, swiftly repentant, put her arm round the heaving shoulders, bent her handsome young head and kissed the uninvitingly dabby cheek—a caress surely counting to her for righteousness.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
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
Steps sounded inside the house; the cat stopped writhing, and as the door opened, darted in noiselessly with tail erect past the woman who held the door uninvitingly half open.
From None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson
Christine walked nonchalantly and uninvitingly through the streets, quite unresponsive to the exhilaration of events.
From The Pretty Lady by Arnold Bennett
