unpresentable
- adjective
- /ʌnˈprɛzəntəbl/
- Her unpresentable appearance made her feel insecure during the interview.
Examples
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Even though she tried her best, she felt unpresentable after a long day at work.
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But he said that you were frumpy and unpresentable.
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You find me in a most unpresentable state.
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"My mother had one child, who, in the end, turned out to be quite unpresentable in her world."
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I'm sorry I'm so unpresentable, sir.
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Even for an upholsterer, he was unpresentable.
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With your unpresentable appearance?
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Am I so unpresentable?
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Certainly, Deborah was no threat to her, newly unpresentable in baggy work clothes and her bad haircut.
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People with advanced degrees who dress poorly and look unpresentable, etc., at interviews have a worse time than others who do this because their resumes have already put them at a disadvantage.
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Synonyms
Not pleasant to look at or to the senses
Unpleasant to look at
Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting
Not attractive or impressive to look at
Antonyms
How Presentable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unpresentable = presentable (transparent) = un + present + able
The adjective is formed by negating 'presentable' with productive English prefix 'un-', yielding 'not fit to be shown'.
Etymology
Unpresentable is made from un- meaning 'not' and presentable, from present meaning 'to show'. So, unpresentable means 'not fit to be shown' in public — someone or something that is not ready because of how they look or act.