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Etymology

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non- +‎ adorable

Adjective

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nonadorable (not comparable)

  1. Not adorable; unadorable.
    • 1998, James Russell Kincaid, Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting, page 137:
      Even more distant is The Bad News Bears, which offers nonadorable kids and an array of dim adults, the best of whom (Walter Matthau) learns to respect them and keep away: "Just go out there and do the best you can," he tells them.
    • 2008, Jonathan Friesen, Jerk, California, page 167:
      It's the first nonadorable look I've seen her make.
    • 2016, Rebecca Traister, All the Single Ladies, page 94:
      It was refreshing because it set the stage for women to be flawed, angry, strange, needy and otherwise nonadorable.
    • 2016, Lisa Selin Davis, Lost Stars or What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love:
      Did she really mean that, or was it just one of her many nonadorable pet names for her coworkers?