How to Use unappealing in a Sentence

unappealing

adjective

• The key to a very Dolly day is a very unappealing wake-up time.
  — Giulia Heyward and Aj Willingham, CNN, 14 Dec. 2020
• The idea of spending hours alone with Arie is unappealing to me, but at least there's wine.
  — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 15 Jan. 2018
• My Turn basketball that runs counter to what Brad Stevens wants to do and is so unappealing to watch.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021
• The couple were less bothered by the traffic than with the unappealing view.
  — Joyce Cohen, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2018
• But this may be an unappealing time for new firms to enter the market.
  — New York Times, 20 Jan. 2022
• But while the Portal is a sleek picture frame-sized device, the Glow was a chunky, unappealing block.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2022
• The idea of making the 40-plus-mile slog to North Hollywood was unappealing.
  — Daniel Kohn, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• Exposure to air in the MRE pouch turned the red pizza sauce an unappealing brown.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2018
• The cast was all youthful, and there were no weak or unappealing voices.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2019
• Between the dry air sucking moisture out of your hands, hair, lips and face, the idea of putting makeup on top of that is just unappealing.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 26 Dec. 2017
• If the price for Barnes is too high and the rest of the market yields unappealing returns, there is value in being (light) sellers.
  — Chris Grenham, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• This means the thought of putting anything heavy on your body or face—clingy knits, pants of any kind, foundation—is deeply unappealing.
  — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, 21 July 2021
• But at a World Cup where he is billed as a major draw, pictures of him with Kadyrov were an unappealing start.
  — John Leicester, Fox News, 12 June 2018
• That unappealing image seems to be getting the full force of the internet’s ire.
  — Raisa Bruner, PEOPLE.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• That was something that also was so unappealing to me about the people that were doing it.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 14 Dec. 2021
• The insane way is to make New York so badly clogged-up and unappealing that fewer people want to come here.
  — Justin Davidson, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Mar. 2018
• The water promptly turned an unappealing shade of lemon-lime Gatorade.
  — Priya Krishna, Bon Appetit, 7 Mar. 2018
• Standing water can taste unappealing if the bowl isn’t kept clean and fresh, for instance.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 June 2019
• The brown plus bright-blue slurry that is Coke/Cotton Candy is a deeply unappealing sight.
  — Molly Fitzpatrick, Bon Appetit, 8 Sep. 2017
• The idea of losing a few winks might make room-sharing an unappealing option.
  — Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2023
• This is a very unappealing visual act—something that didn’t quite click until, well, the camera was about to.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Apr. 2021
• Aside: Not to pile on, but isn’t that one of the most unappealing fake photos on a product in recent memory?
  — Jose Fermoso, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2008
• So how is that supposed to work when the performance itself is so adrift and unappealing?
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
• Amazon found Cleveland's bid so unappealing that the company did not rank it among the top 20.
  — Mark Naymik, cleveland.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• The two empanadas both had tasty fillings (one chicken and one beef), but the flour shell containing them was hard and unappealing.
  — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 4 May 2018
• The drop off is noticeable as soon as the aroma — an unappealing blend of custard and red lollipop — hits.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• The bad news: Offensive-line depth is an issue throughout the NFL and the options are likely to be unappealing.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 19 Aug. 2019
• Besides for its unappealing name, cockroach milk is hard to come by.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 26 May 2018
• Self-sovereignty and self-custody are complex, tedious, and unappealing to most retail investors.
  — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• Simply wipe down the inside and outside of your trash cans with disinfectant wipes or dish soap and water to get them party-ready in seconds, which will also help rid of any lingering odors and unappealing stains.
  — Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024