How to Use unappetizing in a Sentence

unappetizing

adjective
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  • The food at Black’s looked the most unappetizing to me out of the three, and the presentation is a bit off-putting too.
    — Chris O'Connell, Chron, 10 Feb. 2022
  • So the Aztecs have the potential to keep things close and make this an unappetizing rock fight.
    — USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
  • This isn’t the first time that scientists have looked to unappetizing leavings to learn more about the past.
    — Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian, 4 May 2018
  • On the whole, impressions of the Oleato line have been…unappetizing.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And, if the dish still tastes unappetizing, try adding barbecue, sweet chili, or hot sauce.
    — Special To The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • All this after the Celtics had filled the first couple of months of the regular season with some of the most unappetizing basketball on the East Coast.
    — New York Times, 29 May 2022
  • Digging in results in the Cheeto sprinkles to fall in the broth and turn it into an unappetizing bright-red sludge.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The chicharron taco ($1.99) finished out our trio and was the least favored, the pork skins soft and limp and btexturally unappetizing.
    — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2017
  • Cook them too long and an unappetizing greenish ring can appear around the center.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But about halfway through, the chips started to get soggy and unappetizing.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2022
  • For investors, weak sales and rising costs make for an unappetizing mix.
    — Aaron Back, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2018
  • And so, as unappetizing as surviving the final 1:17 to gain at least a point and taking it to overtime must have been at the time, Hakstol owed it to his team not to challenge at that point.
    — Sam Donnellon, Philly.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • The food was unappetizing and there were no on-site medical services.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 9 May 2017
  • A red vegetable next to a yellow one looks unappetizing.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 6 Mar. 2017
  • While freezer burn looks unnatural and maybe a bit unappetizing, your meat is still safe to eat.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • Gadgets Sous vide machines can make tasty fare but the technique often leaves meat gray and unappetizing.
    — Joe Ray, WIRED, 10 May 2018
  • An unappetizing Dumpster is plopped smack dab in front of El Castillo de las Frutas.
    — Linda Robertson, miamiherald, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Turtles have built-in armor in the form of their iconic shells, and slugs produce an unappetizing mucus that no one is eager to gulp down for dinner.
    — Hannah Lang, National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2019
  • The rules of the game are pretty simple, either answer a tough question or eat something unappetizing.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Come Day 34, the burger, its bun and toppings are all coated in a natural, if wildly unappetizing, green fuzz.
    — Melissa Locker, Time, 19 Feb. 2020
  • But all that earnest salesmanship had just made beans seem unappetizing.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Germany would face the biggest single bill, an unappetizing prospect in an election year.
    — Pan Pylas, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2017
  • And for the guest who had recently undergone throat surgery and asked that his entire meal be puréed, the chef didn’t take the easy approach and blend everything into one unappetizing mélange.
    — Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2018
  • In lieu of a fence, the Master Gardeners recommend lining the perimeter of the property with plants that deer find unappetizing.
    — Jennifer Heilman, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And when the company’s powerbrokers attempt to force-feed its customers an unappetizing main course, the post-Mania Raw crowds will be there to, in wrestling parlance, give them a receipt.
    — Kyle Schmitt, SI.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • That's why some analysts are worried that Kroger's stock price may be starting to look about as unappetizing as an overripe banana.
    — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The detainees get around 3,000 unappetizing calories a day.
    — Naomi Martin, The Seattle Times, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Those games wouldn’t be layups, either, since this United States squad, bereft of marquee names, faces the unappetizing prospect of playing Argentina in the semifinals just to get to Sunday’s title game.
    — Marc Stein, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2019
  • There were times, however, when the humans had to intervene — like when casein, the main protein in cow’s milk, was simulated by an algae that turned the drink an unappetizing shade of blue.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
  • The Tribune recently spoke to migrants from nine shelters who said that they are crowded in hotel rooms or sleeping on the ground, eating cold and unappetizing meals and unsure of where to find resources.
    — Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023

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