Uninviting
[ʌnɪn'vaɪtɪŋ] or [,ʌnɪn'vaɪtɪŋ]
Examples
- He humanizes a strange country; he is a friend at court; he represents the legitimate kindliness of government, standing between the poor and the impersonal, uninviting majesty of the law. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But it truly is monotonous and uninviting, and there is no sufficient reason for describing it as being otherwise. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This rocky mountain, so sparsely clothed with trees, is only the uninviting shell of a very fine kernel. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Checker: Witt