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uninviting

[uhn-in-vahy-ting] / ˌʌn ɪnˈvaɪ tɪŋ /


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Uninviting your friend from your wedding would probably result in the end of your relationship.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2021

Uninviting 22 enough to many men, this had been his kingdom, and he loved the power it gave him.

From Whispering Smith by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

Uninviting, however, as was the aspect of the island, it became markedly more so when we were presently favoured with a glimpse of some of its inhabitants, of which, thus far, we had seen nothing.

From The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn by Collingwood, Harry

Uninviting as their repast may seem to some, to them it was more savory than the most tempting viands, having, as it did, the true Spartan seasoning.

From The Cave by the Beech Fork A Story of Kentucky?1815 by Spalding, Henry S.

Uninviting as was the filth of the little village ale-house where we alighted, we had to make the best of its accommodations, as it was the only inn in the place.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von




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