adj
Meaning 1
Not inviting, not attractive, not welcoming.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disinviting
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
uninviting
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/
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rhymes with -aɪtɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: AH2 N IH0 N V AY1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective
Meaning 2
neither attractive nor tempting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inviting
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
not tempting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: untempting
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 inviting English uninviting From un- + inviting.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُنَفِّر (munaffir) — not inviting
- Arabic: مُسْتَكْرَه (mustakrah) — not inviting
- Arabic: بَشِع (bašiʕ) — not inviting
- Bulgarian: непривлекателен (neprivlekatelen) — not inviting
- Norwegian Bokmål: lite innbydende — not inviting
- Polish: niepociągający — not inviting
- Polish: nieujmujący — not inviting
- Polish: nieatrakcyjny — not inviting