MEANING
Not appearing pleasant, attractive, or welcoming.
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- uninviting room
- uninviting entrance
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The entrance looked uninviting.
The uninviting room improved with better lighting.
An uninviting path led behind the warehouse.
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- Base
- uninviting
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Forms: More uninviting; most uninviting where gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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