unappealing

/ˌənəˈpiɫɪŋ/ adjective

not attractive or interesting; not making you want to have, do, or look at something

Word Origin Appeal comes from Latin appellare 'to call upon, address,' from ad- 'to' + pellere 'to drive, beat.' So appeal originally meant to drive toward, to call upon. Appealing means attractive, calling to you. Unappealing is the opposite. The root pellere gives us compel (drive together), expel (drive out), impulse (drive in), and repel (drive back). So unappealing means not driving you toward it.

adjective not attractive or interesting; not making you want to have, do, or look at something

The gray, rainy weather made the park look unappealing.

(形容词) 不吸引人的;无吸引力的

灰蒙蒙的雨天让公园看起来不吸引人。

(adjetivo) poco atractivo; soso; desagradable; desinteresante; sin atractivo [poco atractivo o interesante]

El clima gris y lluvioso hizo que el parque se viera poco atractivo.

(adjectif) peu attrayant; rebutant; déplaisant; peu séduisant; peu engageant [Qui n'attire pas le regard ou l'intérêt ; qui ne donne pas envie.]

Le temps gris et pluvieux rendait le parc peu attrayant.

(Adjektiv) unattraktiv; reizlos; abstoßend [Nicht anziehend oder interessant; nicht dazu einladend, etwas zu tun, zu haben oder anzusehen.]

Das graue, regnerische Wetter ließ den Park **unappealing** wirken.

(形容詞) 魅力的でも興味を引くわけでもない。何かを持ったり、行ったり、見たりしたいと思わせない様子。

曇った雨模様の天気は、公園を魅力的に見えないものにしていた。

(adjetivo) desagradável; sem atrativo; pouco atraente; desinteressante [não atraente ou interessante; que não faz você querer ter, fazer ou olhar algo]

O tempo cinza e chuvoso fez o parque parecer desagradável.

Word parts: un + appeal + ing

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