off-putting
adjective
off-put·ting
ˈȯf-ˌpu̇-tiŋ 
: that puts one off : repellent, disconcerting
an off-putting attitude
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These issues can be particularly off-putting to American customers, who have come to expect a seamless online experience tailored to their cultural preferences.
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The title track opens the affair by lurching and creeping forward for ten minutes with odd, off-putting lyrics.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
One does not hire Bill Skarsgård unless one is looking for a lanky, off-putting weirdo.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Depending on the context, Théodore Pellerin, the actor who plays Lurker’s low-rent answer to Tom Ripley, has a boyish lankiness that can read like high-fashion elegance or off-putting awkwardness.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
The title track opens the affair by lurching and creeping forward for ten minutes with odd, off-putting lyrics.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
One does not hire Bill Skarsgård unless one is looking for a lanky, off-putting weirdo.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025
Depending on the context, Théodore Pellerin, the actor who plays Lurker’s low-rent answer to Tom Ripley, has a boyish lankiness that can read like high-fashion elegance or off-putting awkwardness.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Off-putting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-putting. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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