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unprepossessing

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un·pre·pos·sess·ing  (npr-p-zsng)
adj.
Not overtly impressive; unremarkable; nondescript: an unprepossessing little hotel.
unprepossessing [ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ]
adj
not creating a favourable impression; unattractive
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unprepossessingunprepossessing - creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression
unpresentable
unattractive - lacking beauty or charm; "as unattractive as most mining regions"
unprepossessing
adjective unattractive, unpleasant, unappealing, unsightly, uninviting, scuzzy (informal) We found the tastiest tapas in the most unprepossessing bars.
Translations
unprepossessing [ˈʌnˌpriːpəˈzesɪŋ] ADJ → poco atractivo
unprepossessing [ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ] adj → peu avenant(e)
unprepossessing
adj → wenig gewinnend, wenig einnehmend; building, room → wenig ansprechend
unprepossessing [ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ] adj → poco attraente
unprepossessing [ˌʌnpriːpəˈzɛsɪŋ] adj → poco attraente


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It was only on the supposition that no good nurse would have entered so irregular a household as Anna's that Darya Alexandrovna could explain to herself how Anna with her insight into people could take such an unprepossessing, disreputable-looking woman as nurse to her child.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
His round, bullet head, large, light-gray eyes, with their shaggy, sandy eyebrows, and stiff, wiry, sun-burned hair, were rather unprepossessing items, it is to be confessed; his large, coarse mouth was distended with tobacco, the juice of which, from time to time, he ejected from him with great decision and explosive force; his hands were immensely large, hairy, sun-burned, freckled, and very dirty, and garnished with long nails, in a very foul condition.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
He was a man of twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, of unprepossessing countenance, obsequious to his superiors, insolent to his subordinates; and this, in addition to his position as responsible agent on board, which is always obnoxious to the sailors, made him as much disliked by the crew as Edmond Dantes was beloved by them.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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