unattractive

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ attractive.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

unattractive (comparative more unattractive, superlative most unattractive)

Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
Lacking the power to attract interest.
- 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
  Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

Antonyms

attractive

Translations

not handsome or beautiful or appealing

Armenian: տգեղ (hy) (tgeł)
Bulgarian: грозен (bg) (grozen)
Dutch: onaantrekkelijk (nl)
Finnish: epämiellyttävä (fi)
French: tocard (fr)
German: unschön (de)
Icelandic: óaðlaðandi
Irish: gránna, míofar, míghnaíúil
Latin: invenustus
Latvian: neglīts
Macedonian: одбивен (odbiven)
Manx: neuchleaynagh
Plautdietsch: eizhich
Polish: nieatrakcyjny
Russian: непригля́дный (ru) (neprigljádnyj), неинтере́сный (ru) (neinterésnyj), стрёмный (ru) (strjómnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ру́жан
Roman: rúžan (sh)
Swedish: oattraktiv, ful
Thai: ขี้เหร่ (th) (kîi-rèe), หน้าเน่า (th) (nâa-nâo)
Ukrainian: негарний m (neharnyj)

lacking the power to attract interest

Armenian: ժուժկալ (hy) (žužkal)
Bulgarian: непривлекателен (bg) (neprivlekatelen)
German: üsselig
Irish: míthaitneamhach, mítharraingteach
Italian: sconveniente (it)
Polish: nieatrakcyjny
Russian: невы́годный (ru) (nevýgodnyj)

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Thai: ^{(please verify)} เหร่ (rèe)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} anatyniadol, ^{(please verify)} annengar, ^{(please verify)} anneniadol, ^{(please verify)} afluniaidd, ^{(please verify)} anenillgar, ^{(please verify)} anfarchnadol, ^{(please verify)} anfirain, ^{(please verify)} anhrawiadol, ^{(please verify)} anhudol, ^{(please verify)} anhyfryd

Noun

unattractive (plural unattractives)

An aesthetically unattractive person