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单词 uninviting
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Definition of uninviting in English:

uninviting

adjectiveʌnɪnˈvʌɪtɪŋˌənɪnˈvaɪdɪŋ
  • (especially of a place or prospect) not attractive.

    (尤指地方,景色)不吸引人的

    the house was dark and uninviting

    房子灰暗而毫无吸引力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Now what would otherwise have been a uninviting troglodytic restaurant is transformed into what promises to become a popular meeting place for the city's chattering classes.
    • This is also manifest in our office, which I find stiflingly hot all year round, as do the other foreigners, but the Japanese staff find cool and uninviting in winter.
    • Teachers like this never question the uninviting atmosphere in their classroom that may incite such behavior, or inspire a lack of English language usage.
    • I guess it must be nearly impossible to transcend the uninviting, unappealing, unnerving stigma of hospitals - regardless of good or bad design.
    • Failure in this regard may mean that Bulgaria's delegation may find Prague in November to be a cold and uninviting place.
    • This gets a little bigger fairly quickly, and passes a couple of uninviting junctions, before entering a wide bedding passage with a stream flowing through it.
    • What excuse though did the main acts have for offering such a humourless performance, particularly on such an uninviting afternoon?
    • The club itself was initially an uninviting place.
    • While the communal hallway was a little uninviting, the flat itself was bright and spacious and, following Katharine's feedback, now has egg cups.
    • The days are short and cold, the streets are uninviting.
    • Though I can't testify to the quality of the ladies' room, the gentlemen's was desperately uninviting - a general lack of cleanliness was compounded by a disturbing odour.
    • If the room is uninviting or uncomfortable, you'll soon be hearing excuses of why they are leaving a little earlier.
    • The story transpires in rural Georgia, and Green pulls the audience into this uninviting setting from the first frame.
    • This really does look uninviting after dark, and is used by many more people, whilst this additional lighting would benefit both the school and the leisure centre entrances.
    • The theatre, although Grand in name, lacks many of the facilities modern-day audiences have come to expect and staff are the first to admit a visit can be an uninviting prospect.
    • Composers are writing this way, although I confess that, in the abstract, I find this prospect uninviting and, indeed, rather unsettling.
    • We should remember why the whole sculpture in the forest thing started - through the recognition of a vast and unexplored opportunity to enhance the pleasure of a visit to what many saw previously as an uninviting plantation.
    • The only thing this bar has established is a snobby, cold & uninviting atmosphere.
    • The stalls are now too close together and the canopies too wide, making the passages between stalls narrow, uninviting, claustrophobic and sunless.
    • Nice… it was very comforting to find such a cold and uninviting atmosphere.
    Synonyms
    unappealing, untempting, undesirable, unattractive, unappetizing
    bleak, cheerless, joyless, dreary, dismal, depressing, grim, comfortless, inhospitable
    unpleasant, disagreeable, distasteful, objectionable, offensive, unpalatable, sickening, nauseating, foul
    repellent, revolting, repugnant
    informal off-putting

Derivatives

  • uninvitingly

  • adverb
    • Ropes to climb the wall with dangled down uninvitingly.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The astronomy room was just as Tim had pictured it: uninvitingly dark, lit by glowing models, charts and diagrams.
      • The report said interest rates on currency assets remained uninvitingly low while domestic wage growth was strong.
      • After uninvitingly involving himself in our conversation, he stirred it to a different path where I had not ground.

Rhymes

backlighting, lighting, self-righting, sighting, unexciting, whiting, writing

Definition of uninviting in US English:

uninviting

adjectiveˌəninˈvīdiNGˌənɪnˈvaɪdɪŋ
  • (especially of a place or prospect) not attractive.

    (尤指地方,景色)不吸引人的

    the house was dark and uninviting

    房子灰暗而毫无吸引力。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The theatre, although Grand in name, lacks many of the facilities modern-day audiences have come to expect and staff are the first to admit a visit can be an uninviting prospect.
    • Though I can't testify to the quality of the ladies' room, the gentlemen's was desperately uninviting - a general lack of cleanliness was compounded by a disturbing odour.
    • What excuse though did the main acts have for offering such a humourless performance, particularly on such an uninviting afternoon?
    • The only thing this bar has established is a snobby, cold & uninviting atmosphere.
    • While the communal hallway was a little uninviting, the flat itself was bright and spacious and, following Katharine's feedback, now has egg cups.
    • This is also manifest in our office, which I find stiflingly hot all year round, as do the other foreigners, but the Japanese staff find cool and uninviting in winter.
    • Nice… it was very comforting to find such a cold and uninviting atmosphere.
    • This really does look uninviting after dark, and is used by many more people, whilst this additional lighting would benefit both the school and the leisure centre entrances.
    • We should remember why the whole sculpture in the forest thing started - through the recognition of a vast and unexplored opportunity to enhance the pleasure of a visit to what many saw previously as an uninviting plantation.
    • The club itself was initially an uninviting place.
    • The story transpires in rural Georgia, and Green pulls the audience into this uninviting setting from the first frame.
    • This gets a little bigger fairly quickly, and passes a couple of uninviting junctions, before entering a wide bedding passage with a stream flowing through it.
    • The days are short and cold, the streets are uninviting.
    • Now what would otherwise have been a uninviting troglodytic restaurant is transformed into what promises to become a popular meeting place for the city's chattering classes.
    • If the room is uninviting or uncomfortable, you'll soon be hearing excuses of why they are leaving a little earlier.
    • Composers are writing this way, although I confess that, in the abstract, I find this prospect uninviting and, indeed, rather unsettling.
    • Teachers like this never question the uninviting atmosphere in their classroom that may incite such behavior, or inspire a lack of English language usage.
    • Failure in this regard may mean that Bulgaria's delegation may find Prague in November to be a cold and uninviting place.
    • I guess it must be nearly impossible to transcend the uninviting, unappealing, unnerving stigma of hospitals - regardless of good or bad design.
    • The stalls are now too close together and the canopies too wide, making the passages between stalls narrow, uninviting, claustrophobic and sunless.
    Synonyms
    unappealing, untempting, undesirable, unattractive, unappetizing
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