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uninviting

[uhn-in-vahy-ting] / ˌʌn ɪnˈvaɪ tɪŋ /


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The island, given an appropriately sickly, uninviting sheen by cinematographer Mathias Herndl, clearly wasn’t big enough for all of these new-world experimenters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025

Am I the asshole for uninviting them from my upcoming party after they insisted I uninvite the new wife?

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2024

Many of the remaining casinos are windowless, self-contained bubbles that have turned the surrounding streets into uninviting walkways.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2024

Animals “are broadening their foraging range and going into more traditionally uninviting and unnatural areas to try to get food and keep alive,” he says.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2023

It was a very beautiful house but looked just as uninviting as the iron gate.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke


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