unattractive

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   lacking beauty or charm

   as unattractive as most mining regions

2. 2
   adj

   lacking power to arouse interest

   being unemployed is a most unattractive prospect

3. 3
   adj

   Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.

   All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in the narrowing defiles.

4. 4
   adj

   Lacking the power to attract interest.

   Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

5. 5
   adj

   not appealing to the senses

6. 6
   noun

   An aesthetically unattractive person

Etymology

From un- + attractive.