unalluringadj.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > will > motivation > demotivation > [adjective] > untempting or unalluring
uninviting1686
unalluring1805
untempting1859
unbewitching1876
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unalluring, not alluring.]
1805 M. A. Shee Rhymes on Art (1806) 106 (note) Our national mode of worship;..there is a coldness about it, an unalluring formality.
1863 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtoniana II. 201 They maintained the continuance after death of an unsatisfactory, unalluring state of being.
a1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton in Ld. Lytton Life & Lett. Lytton (1883) I. iii. 26 Those Muses which had seemed so unalluring to her childhood took a softer aspect.
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adj.1805- trembliest
- trembling
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