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At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the gab. I had the school record at Haberdashers for consecutive detentions for simply speaking out of turn.
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Meaning of "unappealing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNAPPEALING

unappealing  [ˌʌnəˈpiːlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNAPPEALING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unappealing is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNAPPEALING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unappealing in the English dictionary

The definition of unappealing in the dictionary is not attractive or pleasing.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNAPPEALING


appealing
əˈpiːlɪŋ
ceiling
ˈsiːlɪŋ
Darjeeling
dɑːˈdʒiːlɪŋ
Darjiling
dɑːˈdʒiːlɪŋ
dealing
ˈdiːlɪŋ
Ealing
ˈiːlɪŋ
feeling
ˈfiːlɪŋ
freewheeling
ˌfriːˈwiːlɪŋ
healing
ˈhiːlɪŋ
ill-feeling
ˌɪlˈfiːlɪŋ
kneeling
ˈniːlɪŋ
peeling
ˈpiːlɪŋ
revealing
rɪˈviːlɪŋ
sealing
ˈsiːlɪŋ
sheiling
ˈʃiːlɪŋ
shieling
ˈʃiːlɪŋ
stealing
ˈstiːlɪŋ
unfeeling
ʌnˈfiːlɪŋ
unrevealing
ˌʌnrɪˈviːlɪŋ
wheeling
ˈwiːlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNAPPEALING

unappalled
unapparel
unapparelled
unapparent
unappealable
unappealableness
unappealably
unappealingly
unappeasable
unappeasably
unappeased
unappetising
unappetisingly
unappetizing
unappetizingly
unapplausive
unapplicable
unapplied
unappointed
unappreciated

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNAPPEALING

calling
crystal healing
death-dealing
direct distance dialing
double-dealing
faith healing
insider dealing
mental healing
paling
rosemaling
self-annealing
self-healing
self-sealing
signaling
spiritual healing
unconcealing
undersealing
whaling
wheeling and dealing
wholesaling
yealing

Synonyms and antonyms of unappealing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unappealing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNAPPEALING

Find out the translation of unappealing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unappealing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unappealing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吸引力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poco atractivo
570 millions of speakers

English

unappealing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unappealing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير جذاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непривлекательным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desagradável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মর্মস্পর্শী নয় এমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

désagréable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menarik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nicht ansprechend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

魅力のない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호소력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unappealing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không hấp dẫn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வெளுத்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनाकलनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zevksiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

poco attraente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odpychające
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непривабливим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neatrăgătoare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απωθητικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onaantreklik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oattraktiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unappealing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unappealing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNAPPEALING»

The term «unappealing» is regularly used and occupies the 69.335 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNAPPEALING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unappealing

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4 QUOTES WITH «UNAPPEALING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unappealing.
1
Marcy Kaptur
Nothing is more unappealing than running against a colleague.
2
Brendan I. Koerner
Back in the NBA's pre-mask era, ballers with busted noses or orbital bones had two unappealing options: Sit out and heal, or strap on a Michael Myers-looking opaque face shield closely related to that worn by hockey goalies.
3
Simon Schama
At 11, 12, I thought I was clumsy, ugly, a mess, an unappealing person, but I did have the gift of the gab. I had the school record at Haberdashers for consecutive detentions for simply speaking out of turn.
4
Eric Wareheim
There's nothing less funny than someone who looks cool. There's nothing more unappealing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNAPPEALING»

Discover the use of unappealing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unappealing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
People Are Unappealing: Even Me
Barron has a knack for attracting the unattractive. People Are Unappealing is her wickedly funny look at the dark side of humanity. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Sara Barron, 2009
2
Increasing Faculty Diversity: The Occupational Choices of ...
In general all of the unappealing items had weaker effects on career choice than the appealing items. Which ones had a stronger or weaker effect differed from one ethnic group to the other. For whites the two most important unappealing items ...
Stephen COLE, Elinor G. Barber, Stephen Cole, 2009
3
Unmasking Psychological Symptoms: How Therapists Can Learn ...
If an organic disorder transforms a patient so that he or she is unappealing in some way, it is common for clinicians to distance themselves from the situation. Unfortunately, there are numbers of organic conditions that may render patients ...
Barbara Schildkrout, 2011
4
The Effects of Perceived Web Page Aesthetic Quality on ...
Hypothesis 1e: Students' aesthetic rating of a web page with unappealing design is positively correlated with students' time on the reading comprehension task of passages A (Koala), B (Universal Grammar), and C (Thomas and Farm) in the ...
Satha Phongsatha, 2008
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The Objects of Thought
(4) Siegfried is one of the most unappealing characters in all dramatic works. This is true because the fictional character Siegfried has the pleonastic property of being an unappealing character. Being an unappealing charac- ter in a dramatic  ...
Tim Crane, 2013
6
Google AdWords For Dummies
Whoeverwanted to show an ad in the top position simply bid more per click than everyone else for a given keyword. Google rose to preeminence in the PPC world because it figured out that letting badly written, unappealing ads rise to the top ...
Howie Jacobson, Joel McDonald, Kristie McDonald, 2011
7
Beauty and a Wet Pond Stormwater Management Practice
Figure 20 Keywords derived from survey responses for unappealing elements of Landscape Two. Figure 21 Keywords derived from survey responses for preferred landscape for Landscape Two. Figure 22 Mean responses for Landscape ...
Jane L. Didona, 2007
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES
... assigned \0 (i) Extremely appealing (ii) Very appealing (iii) Moderately appealing (iv) Slightly appealing (v) Neither appealing nor unappealing (vi) Slightly unappealing (vii) Moderately unappealing (viii) Very unappealing I—'NW -PUIQQOO ...
S. K. MANGAL, SHUBHRA MANGAL, 2013
9
AdWords For Dummies
Google rose to preeminence in the PPC world because itfigured outthat letting badly written, unappealing ads rise to the top just because an advertiserwas willing to spend a lot of cash was bad for everyone. Bad forthe search engine, because ...
Howie Jacobson, 2011
10
Time and Chance Happen to Us All: Essays on Temporal and ...
ing images in each category more favorably than the unappealing images. I regress the following: ImageRatingi — a0 + OL\Appealingi + ej where ImageRating is the mean of the ten picture ratings from the image rating task, and Appealing is ...
Patrick Sean McAlvanah, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNAPPEALING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unappealing is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dating? 5 Financial Issues That Make You Look Unappealing
When you're dating and looking for Mr. or Ms. Right, it can be a long, tough slog, and if things are going badly, it might be tempting to look in the mirror and ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
2
Editorial: An unappealing idea
New state Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller last week announced a bare-bones plan to reduce childhood obesity. One prong of the plan is: "Teach ... «Chron.com, Jun 15»
3
Broccoli Pizza Has Never Looked As Unappealing As It Does In This …
At this point in the summer, going to the movies is like trudging through sludge just to get to "Inside Out," the season's true highlight. Pixar's latest opens an ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
4
It's Not Just The Economy That's Making Teaching Unappealing
A sharp drop in the number of people wanting to become teachers has been blamed on a growing economy, but it's not just the economy that's putting people off ... «Forbes, May 15»
5
High deductible makes quake insurance unappealing to some
Question: I'm president of a 44-unit homeowner association in the Torrance area. Every year we purchase earthquake insurance, which carries a 20% ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
6
A harsh lesson from Tim Armstrong, AOL's very unappealing boss
Tim Armstrong is my favourite CEO. I can't think of anyone else who has provided me with such rich and varied copy over the years. Since he took over at AOL in ... «Financial Times, May 15»
7
Review: Surf City Theatre's 'Tribute' makes unappealing character …
Even avid theatergoers would struggle to recall a more unappealing protagonist than the one at the center of Bernard Slade's “Tribute.” Fortunately, he and his ... «The Daily Breeze, Apr 15»
8
Unappealing Michelle Obama School Lunch Shown In Photo
Stating he was concerned about the appearance of the lunch in the photo, the school district's Food Service Coordinator, Jim Gehlhoff said the unappealing ... «The Inquisitr, Apr 15»
9
Budget cuts leave UW with unappealing options
Tuition increases cannot always be the solution for fixing budgets. Paying the equivalent of a year's worth of full-time wages is not sustainable for students or the ... «UW Badger Herald, Apr 15»
10
An Unappealing 'Doc Fix'
It will increase the deficit and pave the way for more regulation of physician services. It's understandable why House Republican leaders are enthusiastic about ... «National Review Online, Mar 15»

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