as in repulsive
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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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Body horror in all its repulsive forms crops up everywhere on Severance, because within Branch 501, one’s body is no longer their own — and that’s exactly how Lumon wants it.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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Despite such repulsive assertions, Kingsley’s synthesis of scientific and theological thinking also led him to be one of the great Christian socialists of his day, advocating tirelessly for social reform, especially sanitation.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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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The term has been applied to other groups as well: Teachers, health care workers, government officials and public safety professionals may encounter mandates that threaten to compromise their values, witness morally repugnant behavior or become a victim of somebody else’s transgression.—
Christina Caron,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Actions mattered more than words, and Nuwan’s were as repugnant as elephant dung.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Then Saturday, Columbus sputtered to a disappointing (and boring) scoreless draw at home against the Houston Dynamo, one of the weakest MLS teams.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
11 Mar. 2025
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Literature that doesn’t contain its own version of this deal—literature that tries to freeze-frame reality instead of transmuting it—is often boring, even alienating.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Leaders no longer have to go through the tedious process of creating relatable content.—
Jon Michail,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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This eliminates the tedious, expensive process of working with legal firms. senseIP, committed to making patent protection faster, smarter, and more accessible, guides users even after filing.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Giles will discuss native landscape plants and demonstrate how to make an effective bug repellent with beautyberry.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
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Through today’s lens, the whole enterprise was utterly repellent — just wrong on every level.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Trump tends to speak in a stream of consciousness style that’s irksome for the leader of the free world.—
Nicole Russell,
USA TODAY,
6 Mar. 2025
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The documentary can be irksome, and its chronology a touch confusing, but Spiegelman is an entertaining interlocutor, and so are many of the artists and critics who testify to his greatness here.—
Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The giants, led by Goliath, are neat to behold, but Saul’s hallucinations quickly grow tiresome, the least interesting way to show a secure monarch succumbing to paranoia.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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There is also a good deal of tiresome comic business between Modi and his similarly talented but unsuccessful friends, Maurice Utrillo (Bruno Gouery) and Chaim Soutine (Ryan McParland).—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2024
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“Unalluring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unalluring. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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