unprepossessing
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Unprepossessing, un-prē-po-zes′ing, adj. not predisposing in one's favour, unpleasing.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Unprepossessing as most of the colliers' homes were, Lowrie's cottage was a trifle less inviting than the majority.
From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Unprepossessing he might be, but he was in no sense formidable.
From The Swindler and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
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