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nonsexy

nonsexy adjective: not sexy.

Adjective

nonsexy (not comparable)

  1. Not sexy.
    • Women have more favorable attitudes toward beefcake ads than toward cheesecake ads, but even more favorable attitudes toward ads with nonsexy male models.2007, Roxanne Hovland, Joyce Wolburg, Eric Haley, Readings in Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture

Origin of nonsexy

From non- + sexy.

Questions about nonsexy

What does nonsexy mean?
Nonsexy means not sexy.
What part of speech is nonsexy?
Nonsexy is an adjective.

Words near nonsexy in the dictionary

  1. nonsexists
  2. nonsexual
  3. nonsexuality
  4. nonsexualized
  5. nonsexually
  6. nonsexy
  7. nonshaded
  8. nonshadow
  9. nonshadowed
  10. nonshaft
  11. nonshaking

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