uninviting


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Synonyms for uninviting

so disagreeable as to discourage approach

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Synonyms for uninviting

neither attractive nor tempting

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not tempting

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But it truly is "monotonous and uninviting," and there is no sufficient reason for describing it as being otherwise.
When speaking of uninviting objects, I mean those which do not pass from one sensation to the opposite; inviting objects are those which do; in this latter case the sense coming upon the object, whether at a distance or near, gives no more vivid idea of anything in particular than of its opposite.
There it lay stretching out into one interminable line of dust and sand, with its sides bordered by tall, meagre trees, altogether presenting so uninviting an appearance, that no one in his senses could have imagined that any traveller, at liberty to regulate his hours for journeying, would choose to expose himself in such a formidable Sahara.
Here the donkeys were disposed of and a great horse purchased, upon which the two rode far up into a rough and uninviting country away from the beaten track, until late one evening they approached a ruined castle.
In this form, the weed looks like the oil-cake on which we fatten cattle; and even without reference to its consequences, is sufficiently uninviting.
DEAR Editor, What an uninviting logo chosen for the lead up to the opening of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
This space currently looks uninviting and lacks color and functionality.
The amateurish cover art, in collage style, is uninviting and dated.
this lack of depth and thoughtful challenge, along with the basic interface, dreary level and visual design, makes Warparty decidedly uninviting.
Under the category of "caring", it described a visit to one bedroom, which had been left "untidy and uninviting".
"Toilet Trouble" also includes a reunion of the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs, a surprise birthday present for a baby crocodile, an uninviting hole in an ice skating rink, and so much more, making it an ideal, fun, and highly recommended addition to family, elementary school, and community library children's poetry collections.
BROUGHTY Ferry, about 20 minutes from Dundee city centre, is a cracking little hamlet that looks on to a rather choppy and uninviting River Tay.
WMC Senior Program Assistant, Iraj Atiq said 'We have been able to create space in an uninviting environment for women by making them technological savvy hence empowering them countering gender equality'.