Dictionary entry
Uninviting
Pronunciation: /ʌnɪnˈvʌɪtɪŋ/
Pronunciation
/ʌnɪnˈvʌɪtɪŋ/
Myanmar Meaning
ဆွဲဆောင်မှု မရှိသော။ တွန်းထုတ်၊ ဖယ်ထုတ်သော။ ပယ်လှန်သော။
Definition
uninviting /ʌnÇn'vaÇtÇŋ / adj ေနခ်င္ဖြယ္မေကာင္းေသာ။ မက္စရာမရိွေသာ။ The hotel room was bare and uninviting.
Examples
- ‘Failure in this regard may mean that Bulgaria's delegation may find Prague in November to be a cold and uninviting place.’
- ‘The stalls are now too close together and the canopies too wide
- making the passages between stalls narrow
- uninviting
- claustrophobic and sunless.’
- ‘The club itself was initially an uninviting place.’
- ‘What excuse though did the main acts have for offering such a humourless performance
- particularly on such an uninviting afternoon?’
- ‘The theatre
- although Grand in name
- lacks many of the facilities modern-day audiences have come to expect and staff are the first to admit a visit can be an uninviting prospect.’
- ‘If the room is uninviting or uncomfortable
- you'll soon be hearing excuses of why they are leaving a little earlier.’
- ‘Nice… it was very comforting to find such a cold and uninviting atmosphere.’
- ‘This gets a little bigger fairly quickly
- and passes a couple of uninviting junctions
- before entering a wide bedding passage with a stream flowing through it.’
- ‘The story transpires in rural Georgia
- and Green pulls the audience into this uninviting setting from the first frame.’
- ‘The only thing this bar has established is a snobby
- cold & uninviting atmosphere.’
- ‘Now what would otherwise have been a uninviting troglodytic restaurant is transformed into what promises to become a popular meeting place for the city's chattering classes.’
- ‘This really does look uninviting after dark
- and is used by many more people
- whilst this additional lighting would benefit both the school and the leisure centre entrances.’
- ‘I guess it must be nearly impossible to transcend the uninviting
- unappealing
- unnerving stigma of hospitals - regardless of good or bad design.’
- ‘This is also manifest in our office
- which I find stiflingly hot all year round
- as do the other foreigners
- but the Japanese staff find cool and uninviting in winter.’
- ‘While the communal hallway was a little uninviting
- the flat itself was bright and spacious and
- following Katharine's feedback
- now has egg cups.’
- ‘Composers are writing this way
- although I confess that
- in the abstract
- I find this prospect uninviting and
- indeed
- rather unsettling.’
- ‘The days are short and cold
- the streets are uninviting.’
- ‘We should remember why the whole sculpture in the forest thing started - through the recognition of a vast and unexplored opportunity to enhance the pleasure of a visit to what many saw previously as an uninviting plantation.’
- ‘Though I can't testify to the quality of the ladies' room
- the gentlemen's was desperately uninviting - a general lack of cleanliness was compounded by a disturbing odour.’
- ‘Teachers like this never question the uninviting atmosphere in their classroom that may incite such behavior
- or inspire a lack of English language usage.’