unprepossessing

C2 Topic:Register & Style
adj Freq #126425

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.

    One of these unseen observers, a gentleman, was youthful, and had an air of high breeding and refinement, and a face marked with intellect, though otherwise of unprepossessing aspect.

Etymology

From un- + prepossessing.

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