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unaˈttractive, a.
(un-1 7.) Also Comb.
[1775Ash.] 1813Shelley Q. Mab v. 29 Compelled, by its deformity, to screen..Its unattractive lineaments. 1880McCarthy Own Times IV. 56 It was evident..that the proposed measure was only..a compromise of the most unattractive kind. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 242/1 A very unattractive-looking dog that put us into precipitate flight.
Hence unaˈttractively adv., -ness.
1836J. Grant Random Recoll. Ho. Lords xvi. 379 The unattractiveness of his manner. 1862[Eliz. Johnston] Gifts & Graces xvi. 159 The..condition of lady-like unattractiveness so indispensable in a governess. 1863A. Gilchrist Life Blake (1880) I. 426 They are very small and very unattractively engraved. |