Adjective : a region with an uninviting climate. From Dictionary.com.
How sorely uninviting is such a gospel!. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography and Other Memorials of Mrs. Gilbert, Formerly Ann Taylor] Reference
The dark wood of the courtroom was uninviting. From Wordnik.com. [Death Watch] Reference
"Goodness me!" bridled Ellen, gazing at the uninviting exterior. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
How could a soul choose to take root in a small body so uninviting?. From Wordnik.com. [Fourteen Days In November] Reference
The surface of Greenland was cold, dreary, and uninviting to a degree. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
The scenery of the river is flat and uninviting, but eminently characteristic. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
Most writers don't make serious money and so are uninviting targets for litigation. From Wordnik.com. [The Sincerest Flattery] Reference
Scientific books are usually dry, uninviting reading; they lack the human interest. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
The barracks were typically army, grey, spartan, uninviting and ugly; my spirits sank. From Wordnik.com. [Coming of Age: 1939-1946] Reference
"Let -- me -- alone!" he gasped, as he bent over the uninviting liquid and drank deeply. From Wordnik.com. [Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds] Reference
A year ago the fare would have seemed uninviting to either at his hungriest moment, but now. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Although the Dismal Swamp is so uninviting, it is one of the healthiest places in the United States. From Wordnik.com. [The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes] Reference
It made a ghastly mess at the cross-roads, which was a most uninviting spot to pass for days afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference
Esther wondered why physicians 'reception-rooms were invariably so uninviting, so lacking in personality. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Relentlessly self-conscious, the book is cold and uninviting, pushing you away rather than drawing you in. From Wordnik.com. [THE SELLING OF SEX] Reference
A young man, it is admitted, may find his home uninviting through causes for which he has not himself to blame. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
Amongst some insects sent to me from Los Angelos is a huge "Mygale," a hairy monster of very uninviting aspect. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Nature Won By Kindness] Reference
You are forced to vegetate, rather than live, within the narrow confines of an uninviting and unhealthy quarter. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
The country was barren and uninteresting, the cottages little better than hovels, and the whole scene uninviting. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
A glance at his cigar box with its two or three uninviting things for sale showed that the boy was really begging. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
At four o'clock, P.M. the storm clouds cleared away, and the bleak, uninviting face of Labrador was plainly visible. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
Anxiously they awaited daylight, and when it came they gazed out on a barren waste, -- a rocky and uninviting shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands] Reference
The effect is dreary and uninviting, even though the enclosure may be clean, and the milk-cans scoured to brilliancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
"It's going to be some work to get down there," observed David, doubtfully eyeing the uninviting prospect before them. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
On the island there are a few uninviting country-houses, and the tower of a chapel (private property) of the 12th cent. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
True, even now, a few narrow valleys, or wadies, show signs of great fertility, but the greater part is quite uninviting. From Wordnik.com. [My Three Days in Gilead] Reference
The first glimpse of the Kennebec, on approaching it from the sea, presents to the stranger a barren and uninviting picture. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 3, March, 1886 Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 3, March, 1886] Reference
The extremes of climate, and our uninviting roads, discourage open air exercise, and comparatively few have much time to go out. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
The manner in which the women dress their hair is most wonderful, and materially helps to give them their uninviting appearance. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
A table, large enough to accommodate a student's lamp, several account books and a blotting-pad, completed this uninviting galaxy. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
The fireplace and chimney, which was also inside the cabin, were made of clay and occupied the corner of the uninviting apartment. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
The prospect of Royston from its surroundings was, at the beginning of the century, singularly bleak and uninviting in winter time. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King] Reference
It was a cold, gray morning, ordinarily uninviting weather, but after the house of confinement it was enjoyed to the fullest extent. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Volunteers with the Submarine Fleet] Reference
He is unhappy and despondent, his viewpoint changes and the future looks uninviting and he loses his courage and his faith in himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Even Nan must have been moved to wonder what Miss Blake had suffered that she was so glad to get into such an uninviting shelter as this. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
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