unattractive
adjective
un·at·trac·tive
ˌən-ə-ˈtrak-tiv 
unattractively
adverb
unattractiveness
noun
Examples of unattractive in a Sentence
an unattractive, awkward baby bird
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Traditional antibiotic discovery pipelines are slow, expensive, and increasingly unattractive to pharmaceutical companies.
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The growth of streaming has made cable networks an unattractive business.
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Liz Regalia, Parents, 27 Dec. 2025
Traditional antibiotic discovery pipelines are slow, expensive, and increasingly unattractive to pharmaceutical companies.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
The return-to-office mandate has left workers who don’t live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city, without having to resort to unattractive options like hostels.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
The growth of streaming has made cable networks an unattractive business.
—David Bauder, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025
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“Unattractive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unattractive. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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unattractive
adjective
un·at·trac·tive
-ˈtrak-tiv
: not attractive : plain
unattractively
adverb
unattractiveness
noun
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