unprepossessing
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In the interim, however, this technology comes to us wrapped in some unprepossessing, temporized designs, like this fat-bellied seal in a plastic waistcoat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
The choices of costume designer Dominique Fawn Hill seem only to draw out the characters’ most unprepossessing personality features.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2023
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 instant his unprepossessing head emerged into daylight, sunlight, Franny took him under the shoulders and lifted him up into intimate greeting distance.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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