unappealing

/ənəˈpilɪŋ/

/ənəˈpilɪŋ/

Something that's unappealing isn't inviting or interesting to you, like an unappealing bowl of cold brussels sprouts. Yuck.

If you've got to decide between cleaning the bathroom and taking out the trash, you could call those two unappealing choices. And if your family plans to vacation at a working farm instead of Disney World, that may also sound unappealing. Anything unappealing doesn't please you or catch your interest. This word is formed by adding the prefix un- ("not") to appealing, which can be traced back to a Latin root meaning "to summon."

Definitions of unappealing

1. adjective

   not able to attract favorable attention
   “they have made the place as unappealing as possible”

   “was forced to talk to his singularly unappealing hostess”

   synonyms:

   off-putting

   tending to repel

   unattractive

   lacking power to arouse interest

   antonyms:

   appealing

   able to attract interest or draw favorable attention

   attention-getting, catchy

   likely to attract attention

   attractive

   having power to arouse interest
2. adjective

   (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
   synonyms: unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic