unappealing

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
adjective not able to attract favorable attention

From un- + appealing.

The firmness with which the men mouthed their cigars made the lower part of their faces expressionless, heavy, unappealing. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
Formerly it was surrounded by a vast park and must have been almost ideal, but to-day it is surrounded by stucco, doll-house villas, and unappealing apartments, until only a Gothic portal, jutting from a row of dull house fronts, suggests the once cosy little retreat of the lovely Gabrielle. — Royal Palaces and Parks of France, M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

unsympathetic, unlikeable, unlikable

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