unprepossessing
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Short and stout, he was unprepossessing and—especially unfortunate for a connoisseur of visual art—would soon lose the use of one eye in a car accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
The book, which measures about 12 by 14 inches and weighs 26 pounds, is housed in an unprepossessing early 20th-century brown leather binding.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
Walk down an unprepossessing, fluorescent-lit hallway, with its drinking fountains and bulletin boards, following the thumping bass and happy hollering.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 2023
The unprepossessing title is “Fam and Yam,” which sounds like something Samuel Beckett might have considered and rejected for one of his minimalist creations.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022
This gives an accurate indication of Hooke’s intellectual standing at the time, as well as an idea of his unprepossessing appearance.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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