Meanings
adjectiveuningratiating (not comparable)
- not comparableNot ingratiating; making no effort to be appealing
It's too bad his interesting arguments and observations are wedged into such an uningratiating book.
2009 January 7, Dwight Garner, “When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishingratiating
- Englishuningratiating
From un- + ingratiating.
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APA
uningratiating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uningratiating
MLA
“uningratiating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uningratiating. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uningratiating,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uningratiating.
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