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# unappealing

adjective (unappealing, more unappealing)

«unappealing» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Unappealing means not attractive, not nice or not interesting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#m1)
2. Unappealing food does not look or smell nice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children say food, ideas or jobs are unappealing when they don't want them. In writing it is a polite word for «not nice». Phrases: look unappealing, an unappealing idea.

### Examples

- The grey soup looked unappealing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#x1)
- Homework on a sunny day seems unappealing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#x2)
- The old toy shop was dark and unappealing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#x3)
- The idea of walking in the rain was unappealing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#x4)
- The dish was healthy but unappealing to the children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#x5)
- The room looked unappealing until we painted it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/#x6)

### Note

Prefix un- + appealing. Opposite: appealing, attractive. It is softer than «horrible» or «disgusting».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unappealing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unappealing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unappealing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unappealing.html) on Mova free.