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UNAPPEALING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not able to attract favorable attention

Example:

was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

off-putting (tending to repel)

unattractive (lacking power to arouse interest)

Antonym:

appealing (able to attract interest or draw favorable attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

Example:

all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic

Synonyms:

unappealing; unlikable; unlikeable; unsympathetic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

drama (the literary genre of works intended for the theater)

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