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Recent Examples of unalluring
Los Angeles has never been more unalluring than in this bleak, racy and hard-to-put-down piece of neo-noir by first-time novelist Halley Sutton, who’s a kind of #MeToo Jim Thompson.
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Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unalluring
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Sadly, we were robbed of any repulsive body horror on this lovely Halloween day (sorry, gore-hounds), but at least we were left with one helluva cliffhanger heading into its tense season closer.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
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But Redmayne is repulsive and confusing, igniting a fight-or-flight response in thousands of innocent viewers who did nothing to deserve this.Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 June 2024
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How does this happen, no matter how revolting or nonsensical the trend can be?Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
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These highly emotional sequences are less riveting and more revolting as they’re primarily used to add shock value, graphically depicting their triggering subject matter.Courtney Howard, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
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Regardless of their views of Trump, Colorado voters need to send a message to Márquez that her attempt to disenfranchise over 550,000 of them was repugnant to the fundamental values of the Republic.Mike Davis, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
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No matter how repugnant and seemingly unfair such a compromise would be -- for example, that Qaddafi and those close to him are provided with immunity and are allowed to leave Libya -- such a move would add to the NTC's leadership credentials.Dirk Vandewalle, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2011
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Most of this long flashback segment is pretty boring, though.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Toyota and Honda have at times been called boring: Honda by its own engineers, Toyota more famously by a chairman descended from the company’s founder.Robert Ferris, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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Not only does the more-open nature of the PC lend itself better to powerful creation software, but typing thousands of lines of code instantly becomes exponentially less tedious with a keyboard than on a touch screen or using controllers.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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For millennial and Gen Z workers aged 18 to 43, the process is so tedious that 32% would rather apply to a new job than select health insurance, according to a Justworks and Harris Poll survey.Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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An article posted on the Whole Dog Journal website recommended using non-toxic bee and insect repellent to reduce the amount of bugs flying around that could trigger your dog.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is the family of about 15,000 chemicals used for their water repellent and oil repellent properties, such as in nonstick pans or fast food packaging.Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
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The comedy horror about an irksome demonic ghost this time around involves a family tragedy and even more hijinks.Lisa Respers France, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
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Another irksome change: Matt Burke is no longer Ben’s former English teacher.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
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None of them are written with any specificity, though the actors manage to land the lines and elicit a few chuckles here and there — except for a tiresome twosome who try to speak with a Brooklyn accent for the entirety of the movie.Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
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And then, after a while, that narrative started to feel tiresome.Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Unalluring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unalluring. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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