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Unattractive vs Unlovely - What's the difference?

unattractive | unlovely |

As adjectives the difference between unattractive and unlovely

is that unattractive is not handsome or beautiful or appealing while unlovely is unattractive, ugly.

unattractive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not handsome or beautiful or appealing.
  • Lacking the power to attract interest.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-06, volume=408, issue=8843, page=68, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The rise of smart beta , passage=Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive . Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.}}

    Antonyms

    * attractive

    unlovely

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • unattractive, ugly
  • * 2005 , Simon Winchester, The Professor and the Madman , HarperCollins, page 6 [http://books.google.com/books?id=mSlgn03zAroC&pg=PT11&dq=simon+winchester+unlovely&hl=en&ei=WCI8TsbBCcGGsgKy2-T2Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false]:
    • Even today Lambeth is a singularly unlovely part of the British capital, jammed anonymously between the great fan of roads and railway lines that take commuters in and out of the city center from the southern counties.