Meanings
comparative more unappealing · superlative most unappealing
- Not appealing.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has known the day would come when the idea of another “forever war” became unappealing to NATO, and the world’s largest military alliance eventually sought to wind down its involvement.
2024 November 9, Nick Paton Walsh, “Trump’s second term could bring chaos around the world. Will it work?”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishappealing
- Englishunappealing
Translations
Spanish no atrayente, poco atrayente
- no atrayenteTranslations
- poco atrayenteTranslations
Cite this entry
unappealing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappealing
“unappealing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappealing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unappealing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappealing.
Source: unappealing on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.