"unprepossessing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more unprepossessing [comparative], most unprepossessing [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + prepossessing. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|prepossessing}} un- + prepossessing Head templates: {{en-adj}} unprepossessing (comparative more unprepossessing, superlative most unprepossessing)
  1. Unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript. Derived forms: unprepossessingly, unprepossessingness Translations (unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.): saai (Dutch), onopmerkelijk (Dutch), ordinair (Dutch), monotone (French), banal (French), ordinaire (French), médiocre (French), míghnaíúil (Irish), непоказний (nepokaznyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), непривабливий (nepryvablyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), не справляти враження (ne spravljaty vražennja) (Ukrainian)
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          "ref": "1960 December, “The Hastings Line diesel-electric multiple units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 732:",
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          "sense": "unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.",
          "word": "monotone"
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          "sense": "unimpressive or unremarkable; dull and ordinary; nondescript.",
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