unattractive
US/ənəˈt͡ʃɹæktɪv/
unattractive adjective: not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
Adjective
unattractive (comparative more unattractive, superlative most unattractive)
- Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
- All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes...1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 449
- Lacking the power to attract interest.
- Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension...2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68
- In Britain, nearly 2,500 steam locomotives were built, 999 to new designs. Although the latter were modern, they were still labour-intensive to man and maintain, during a period of full employment when working for poor pay in the dirty railway environment was unattractive.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39
Noun
unattractive (plural unattractives)
- An aesthetically unattractive person
unattractive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
unattractive in Hindi
- अनाकर्षक
unattractive in Tamil
- கவர்ச்சியற்ற
unattractive in Urdu
- بےکشش, بلادلکشی
unattractive in Malayalam
- ugly, plain, ill-favoured
- അനാകർഷകമായ, ആകർഷകമല്ലാത്ത, അസുന്ദരം, അകമ്ര, അപരൂപ, വിരൂപമായ
More languagesFewer languages
- unattractive in Kannada
- ಆಕರ್ಷಣೀಯವಲ್ಲದ, ಆಕರ್ಷಕವಲ್ಲದ
- unattractive in Punjabi
- ਗੈਰ-ਆਕਰਸ਼ਕ
- unattractive in Gujarati
- બિન-આકર્ષક
- unattractive in Nepali
- अनाकर्षक
- unattractive in Thai
- ขี้เหร่ kîi-rèe, หน้าเน่า nâa-nâo
Examples of unattractive in a sentence
- Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive.2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
- In light of the similarities of this word to siṡáya etc. and their close semantic proximity, it is unattractive to separate these two words.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 192:
Antonyms of unattractive
Forms of unattractive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more unattractive |
| superlative | most unattractive |
| Noun | |
| plural | unattractives |
Origin of unattractive
From un- + attractive.
Words formed from unattractive
Words that rhyme with unattractive
- active
- inactive
- reactive
- attractive
- extractive
- protractive
- abstractive
- factive
- hyperactive
- interactive
- radioactive
- subtractive
14 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about unattractive
- What does unattractive mean?
- Unattractive means not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
- What is unattractive in Hindi?
- Unattractive in Hindi is अनाकर्षक. See Unattractive meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unattractive in a sentence?
- Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive.
- What part of speech is unattractive?
- Unattractive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce unattractive?
- Unattractive is pronounced /ənəˈt͡ʃɹæktɪv/ (US).
Words near unattractive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unattractive (page history and authors); unattractive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unattractive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unattractive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unattractive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unattractive (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unattractive (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unattractive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unattractive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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