uninviting

Other forms: uninvitingly

Definitions of uninviting
  1. adjective
    neither attractive nor tempting
    synonyms:
    unattractive
    lacking beauty or charm
    unattractive, untempting
    not appealing to the senses
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    antonyms:
    inviting
    attractive and tempting
    attractive
    pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
    invitatory
    conveying an invitation
    tantalising, tantalizing, tempting
    very pleasantly inviting
    tantalising, tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach
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  2. adjective
    not tempting
    synonyms: untempting
    unseductive
    not seductive
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