unappealing

Example Sentences

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As a result little stands between you and the actors, appealing or unappealing according to their characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Resembling something between a reinforced bus stop and a public toilet, some of these mini-bunkers appear to be in an unappealing condition inside.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

In no other bestseller will you find canned kidney beans described as “slightly unappealing, and the fact that they are named after an internal organ doesn’t help.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Builders have ramped up home building, but they’ve found it difficult to sell these homes as buyers find newly built properties unaffordable, or unappealing.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

A second theory, unappealing to those Japanese who prefer the first theory, argues instead that the Yayoi transition represents a massive influx of immigrants from Korea, carrying Korean farming practices, culture, and genes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond