unappealing

Words with a similar base: unappealing

'unappealing'

[unsympathetic.a.02] as in: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

Examples:
all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic

'unappealing'

[unappealing.a.02] as in: not able to attract favorable attention

Examples:
they have made the place as unappealing as possible
was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess

Origins

					unappealing (English)
├── appealing (English)
└── un- (English)
    ├── on- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   ├── on- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │   └── ond- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── un- (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │   └── un- (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── unus (Latin)
        └── oinos (Latin)

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