"uninviting" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more uninviting [comparative], most uninviting [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtɪŋ Etymology: From un- + inviting. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|un-|inviting|id1=negative}} un- + inviting Head templates: {{en-adj}} uninviting (comparative more uninviting, superlative most uninviting)
  1. Not inviting, not attractive, not welcoming. Synonyms: disinviting Translations (not inviting): مُنَفِّر (munaffir) [masculine] (Arabic), مُسْتَكْرَه (mustakrah) [masculine] (Arabic), بَشِع (bašiʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), непривлекателен (neprivlekatelen) (Bulgarian), lite innbydende (Norwegian Bokmål), niepociągający (Polish), nieujmujący (Polish), nieatrakcyjny (Polish)
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