unprepossessing

/ ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ /

adjective

1. not creating a favourable impression; unattractive

Example Sentences

In the interim, however, this technology comes to us wrapped in some unprepossessing, temporized designs, like this fat-bellied seal in a plastic waistcoat.

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Short and stout, he was unprepossessing and—especially unfortunate for a connoisseur of visual art—would soon lose the use of one eye in a car accident.

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She’s a photographer who takes pictures of young men, with a particular preference for guys that are unprepossessing, shy and biddable.

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The choices of costume designer Dominique Fawn Hill seem only to draw out the characters’ most unprepossessing personality features.

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Yet he remained unprepossessing throughout his life, preferring tattered shirts and khakis to tailored suits.

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Related Words

• awful 
• grisly 
• grotesque 
• hideous 
• horrid 
• unseemly 
• unsightly