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uninˈviting, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
1686Plot Staffordsh. 301 That a man should thus long after such uninviting things. 1690Boyle Chr. Virtuoso i. 102 That such Unlikely Men should so Succesfully preach so Uninviting a Doctrine. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. vi. (1778) II. 151 He found every where the same uninviting country. 1821Lamb Elia i. Old Benchers I.T., His look was uninviting. 1894M. Dyan Man's Keeping (1899) 60 The outside looked formidable and uninviting.
Comb.1880Beale Slight Ailm. 172 Half a dozen unripe and very uninviting-looking apples. |