as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unattractive, awkward baby bird
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Recent Examples of unattractive
Brown used the discourse to take a shot at Jemele Hill, suggesting that the journalist is unattractive and that men don’t want to be romantically involved with her.
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
That’s so great in the book, having that perspective on somebody’s darkest, deepest, most unattractive, unflattering thoughts.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
The once objectively unattractive 53-year-old has drastically altered his appearance with a very obvious hair transplant.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
While some may view box springs as bulky or unattractive, designs have come a long way.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 7 Jan. 2025
That’s so great in the book, having that perspective on somebody’s darkest, deepest, most unattractive, unflattering thoughts.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2024
The once objectively unattractive 53-year-old has drastically altered his appearance with a very obvious hair transplant.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
While some may view box springs as bulky or unattractive, designs have come a long way.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unattractive
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The advanced metrics paint an ugly picture for the Suns as well over that span: 114.0 OffRtg (11th), 117.3 DefRtg (27th), -3.2 NetRtg (21st).—
Evan Sidery,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Or the constitutional dystopia in which we are now caught, beside which even the ugliest onscreen villainy pales into insignificance?—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
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The result was good for the Jayhawks, as the Cyclones shot a hideous 1-for-12 (11%) from long range.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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Rust is a big deal, as is the fact that many Panteras have been mangled by previous owners bestowing hideous enhancements (think bad celebrity plastic surgery) on otherwise desirable cars.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
17 Jan. 2025
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Their legacy includes the extreme outfits of the flamboyant criminals and hairdressers in Female Trouble (1974) and the grotesque Mortvillians in Desperate Living (1977) Smith to Polyester (1982) and Hairspray (1988) to more mainstream films such as Cry-Baby (1990) and Serial Mom (1994).—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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Werfel concocted a more tortuous explanation for his wife’s grotesque behavior.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Unattractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unattractive. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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