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Synonyms for unalluring

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-loo r-ing

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlʊər ɪŋ

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Définition of unalluring

Origin : 1530s, "action of attracting," verbal noun from allure (v.).

As in unattractive : adj ugly
As in homely : adj unattractive

Example sentences :

And from so startling and unalluring a beginning, a marriage followed.
Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle

It is cold;—and would be unalluring, were it not that as a profession it is profitable.
Extract from : « North America, Volume II (of 2) » by Anthony Trollope

A small hatchet with which to chop off a chunk of porridge formed the accompaniment of this unalluring Arctic provender.
Extract from : « Customs and Fashions in Old New England » by Alice Morse Earle

From this unalluring suggestion I begged off, justly pleading a hard day of work ahead.
Extract from : « The Book of Susan » by Lee Wilson Dodd

Never had her bony, angular face, her slack figure and sloping shoulders seemed so unalluring.
Extract from : « Rich Man, Poor Man » by Maximilian Foster

The unalluring defects of the Teuton systems of love-making overshadowed his own defects as a suitor.
Extract from : « Villa Elsa » by Stuart Henry

The work of an art tourist must at least be more attractive than the unalluring task of collecting postage-stamps and monograms.
Extract from : « Travelling Sketches. » by Anthony Trollope

Even when they were not verminous, the beds offered to their weary limbs were comfortless and unalluring.
Extract from : « The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2) » by John Cordy Jeaffreson

Stavoren may be dull and unalluring, but not so Hindeloopen, the third station on the railway to Leeuwarden, where we shall stay.
Extract from : « A Wanderer in Holland » by E. V. Lucas

An ancestor at an unknown period may have bequeathed to the marquis the elements of his unalluring character.
Extract from : « The Disentanglers » by Andrew Lang

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