But whereas we now also find the latter dated and their humour unappealing, Wodehouse remains in demand. |
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The choices of main courses were unappealing and didn't taste any better than they sounded. |
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Being sick is bad, bad, bad, childish and despicable, unappealing and unladylike. |
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The sauce was tasty, as were the ingredients, save the ham, which had an unappealing flavour. |
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No matter how keen you are to show off the fruits of a fortnight's sunbathing, excessive cleavage or leg can look cheap and unappealing. |
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It's Valentine's Day but fortunately my wife and I both find the idea of dictated romance unappealing. |
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I can report that the unappealing brown appearance was perfectly matched by the unappetising brown perfume. |
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In this story, as in many others in the collection, ambition is made more unappealing than the quiet expectation of failure. |
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But if it had been tedious and unappealing then that will not have mattered one jot to City, more a glowing endorsement of a job well done. |
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The jobs tend to be eagerly sought, especially by women, whose other prospects for earning an income can be very unappealing. |
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She had been wealthy in Iran, and possibly found a marriage of convenience to a penniless student nurse unappealing. |
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However, that pram-like hood is unappealing from the inside, and the car does flex a little over deep potholes. |
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I can't help wondering how Wood could bring himself to read as much of such a big book, so grimly unappealing to him, as he seems to have done. |
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It is a giant, overwrought contrivance, a vehicle for communicating the filmmakers' murky and unappealing musings about society and human beings. |
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Usually, once the experts are on hand it is easy to put things right, however unappealing your unaided attempts at composting may seem. |
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The females, for whom size apparently does matter, find the males puny and unappealing. |
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Unattractive economic conditions have made Euroland an unappealing venue for international investors for a long time now. |
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But the characters are so flat and unappealing that I couldn't muster up a single empathetic cringe for 'em. |
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Though the calamari was served with a nicely spicy dipping sauce, the squid rings themselves were dry and chewy and generally unappealing. |
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However unappealing, this outbreak of boasting is probably neither here nor there to the individuals whose agonies initially provoked it. |
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The appealing fragments are short and scrappy, the unappealing prose verbose and sometimes impenetrable. |
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But if the anti-drugs campaigners are priggish and authoritarian, the arguments of pro-drugs campaigners are often equally unappealing. |
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The streets, which were unpaved and unappealing even in daylight, were taken over by bands of wandering bandits and cutthroats after dark. |
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The other problem is many of the vehicles are unappealing to drive and have all the dynamism of a milk float. |
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Bushnell's writing has similar deadpan timing, taking the depressing and unappealing and rendering it hilarious. |
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He found many of the villages of the Moselle region dirty and unappealing, but the countryside often attractive. |
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The church, in a lot of ways, is becoming unappealing to the younger members of the generations, in its traditionalism and ceremony. |
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It is to the public at large that broadcasters have the obligation to carry what to some may be unappealing or even unpleasant messages. |
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Therefore, only one who knows the final outcome will accept and understand the unappealing form of the object during its development. |
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While this can deliver effective navigation it has lead to a pretty unappealing body of design and sites that all look more or less the same. |
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Though unappealing taken neat, I eventually discovered a cocktail that adequately disguised this stalky concoction. |
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Often the jobs involved are low paid and the working conditions unappealing to the domestic workforce. |
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Space that was once taken up by visually unappealing color or gray bars can now be used for additional advertising. |
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Such a view also has the unappealing consequence that a life devoid of ambition is more likely to be meaningful than one full of ambition, and this seems counter-intuitive. |
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It is a scentless, unappealing botanical fraud sold by sharks to suckers. |
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That unappealing architecture is great if it saves lives, but regulations are not always evenly applied. |
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Military options against a nuclear state would be unappealing at best and counterproductive at worst. |
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On the other hand, there is also a man who cooks unsavory and unappealing dishes with the same food. |
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The food was bland and unappealing, with no flavour she could tolerate. |
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Images of headless shirts and bodiless pants were known to be unappealing in print and did not readily generate sales. |
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Areas that are too wet with the turpenoid can be carefully blotted with a cotton swab, or an unappealing value can be lifted with a cotton swab dabbed in turpenoid. |
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In an April news conference, Mr. Bernanke said the tradeoffs that would come with additional purchases were becoming unappealing. |
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So if you've realised how unappealing walking around in the cold is, then go get warm in Teddy Hall and acquaint yourself with a little Bernard Shaw. |
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And second, the allegers proved themselves over time to be as unappealing a litter of reptiles and crones as could be imagined. |
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And what of the women for whom this particular exploration of the self is unappealing? |
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Recreational facilities and activities that once were appropriate for the unaccompanied draftee are unappealing to professional soldiers and their families. |
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If the pain, suffering and fatalities that make war unappealing to the masses are removed, then so will be much of the moral inhibitions against it. |
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Life for people working late, irregular hours is expensive, difficult and unappealing. |
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But if I had to guess, I'd say that option 4, the off-ramp, will look less unappealing that the other three options. |
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Policymakers in each of these economies could do plenty of things to improve this dour prognosis, but most involve unappealing choices. |
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Banks are making a good-enough job of this in a highly regulated environment unappealing to many outsiders. |
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The idea that an opaque government might come to dominate global capitalism is unappealing. |
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Daily routine wins if plan is boring, not motivating, unappealing and without incentive. |
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The approaches of both Yun and Sbordone are theoretically unappealing and may be at odds with the data. |
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Colours were unappealing, particularly to women buyers and little thought was given to interior and exterior coordination. |
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Depending on the maintenance of the facility, odours can be unappealing to local residents. |
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In my view, to proceed by stages, with an endless series of Intergovernmental Conferences, is particularly unappealing. |
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More and more of them consider full-time teaching too burdensome or unappealing. |
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Although some might find it unappealing, it is a proven fact that physical activity is healthy for your mind, body and soul. |
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These conditions are unfavourable to aquatic species and make the water smelly and unappealing. |
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Other managers, as retirement approaches, may lack motivation and consider spending time on their development unappealing. |
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I may well be in minority here but for me, please remove this unappealing eyesore. |
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But this could cause panic among depositors in Italy, Spain and other euro countries with troubled banks. Rather than haggle between these two unappealing alternatives, Europe's policymakers should think more boldly. |
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It sounds pretty unappealing so perhaps calling it a terrine, which ultimately it is, would make it sound nicer. |
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Concrete is an unappealing food source for termites, carpenter ants or rodents that often live in and dine on wood-framed walls, causing substantial structural damage. |
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This is enough to attract migrants, but unappealing to locals. |
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By leaving arbitration to UN bodies it also does not provide free reign to countries to not implement any feature of an agreement that they find unappealing. |
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This site is rather unappealing but full of information about all aspects of health: it contains a database listing 1000 prevention tools and 300 programmes for schools. |
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Bach: For a company, it may be attractive not to have any competition, but for an athlete, beyond a training situation, it would be pretty unappealing. |
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Great tip, although I found the epazote herb in the beans a bit overwhelming and unappealing. |
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Some avid orchidists, however, find this form of orchid ownership unappealing. |
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The article cautions, however, that hidden costs of transmitting photos may make cameraphones unappealing for large-scale snapshooters. |
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They said they want problems such as queues at school canteens addressed and unappealing menus spiced up. |
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We face the rather unappealing combination of a subdued recovery with inflation remaining above target for a while. |
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The Labour party's top-down structure is unappealing. |
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Since no one likes to move twice, it would be unappealing as well. |
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One recent article offering suggestions for travelers cites the unappealing option of using heavier, greasier creams and lotions. |
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To the uninitiated and prejudiced this may conjure up images of kitsch Americana, rhinestone studded crimplene suits and a generally unappealing stereotype. |
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Unoriginal, unplayable, overpriced and generally unappealing. |
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Travel to out-of-the-way places that many nonbirders find unappealing can be especially attractive to those who pack binoculars and field guides in their carry-on luggage. |
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Wilson believes if the one-day format continues to remain as unappealing as it is right now, then Pietersen's retirement could encourage other players to do the same. |
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