unamiable

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He left office with a reputation as the pettish, totally unamiable author of some of the world's most elephantine prose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then there is Mrs. Crum, hard-working mother-in-law, whose voice was "an echo of the spirit of '76," a not altogether unamiable creature.

From Time Magazine Archive

The dominant note of that book, as of Antic Hay and Those Barren Leaves which followed it, was one of unamiable cynicism over the prevailing moods and purposeless behavior of post-War English intellectuals.

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He turned out to be an unamiable man carrying a chip on his shoulder.

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A thorough man of the world, though not an unamiable person, Mr. Talbot was entirely influenced by selfish considerations.

From Auriol or, The Elixir of Life by Ainsworth, W. Harrison