unprepossessing

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.

She’s a photographer who takes pictures of young men, with a particular preference for guys that are unprepossessing, shy and biddable.

The choices of costume designer Dominique Fawn Hill seem only to draw out the characters’ most unprepossessing personality features.

Yet he remained unprepossessing throughout his life, preferring tattered shirts and khakis to tailored suits.

The second floor includes her unprepossessing but charming early sculpture: the “Bottle People Series,” modest glass bottles humanized with headdresses and such, made in 1997, while she was at The Cooper Union.