adj
Meaning 1
Not appealing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unappealing
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 P IY1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
not able to attract favorable attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they have made the place as unappealing as possible
- was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: appealing
adjective
Meaning 3
(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unsympathetic, unlikeable, unlikable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English appealing English unappealing From un- + appealing.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Spanish: no atrayente — Translations
- Spanish: poco atrayente — Translations