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uninviting

[uhn-in-vahy-ting] / ˌʌn ɪnˈvaɪ tɪŋ /


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Loyal customers have complained about long wait times and an increasingly uninviting atmosphere in stores.

From Slate Dec. 22, 2025

Charlie English begins “The CIA Book Club” by describing a 1970s technical manual: a dull cover, as uninviting as anything.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 27, 2025

Many of the remaining casinos are windowless, self-contained bubbles that have turned the surrounding streets into uninviting walkways.

From New York Times Feb. 12, 2024

Animals “are broadening their foraging range and going into more traditionally uninviting and unnatural areas to try to get food and keep alive,” he says.

From Scientific American Jun. 13, 2023

It was singularly uninviting, like camping in a garage.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson




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