tempting
adjective
that tempts; enticing or inviting.
untempting
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a word derived from
tempting.
Example Sentences
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When Gwyneth Paltrow, whose nutritional qualification is nothing more than a lifetime of eating, launched goop.com in 2008, promoting such untempting sounding propositions as the “21-day elimination diet”, she was roundly mocked.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2015
Elizabeth and Victoria are the girls' names favoured by the bookies, each at 5-1; Diana is surprisingly short at 9-1; Britney an untempting 500-1.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 31, 2012
An untempting offer in an endlessly-referenced scene from The Shining.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2010
Miami was a thought, "because it's so infinitely sordid and untempting."
From Time Magazine Archive
Herbert, in the dingy solitude of his untempting chambers, might despair and look upon life and its aims as a hopeless enigma.
From Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance by Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron
