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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˌdɪsɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/
• 韻: -aɪtɪŋ
• ハイフネーション: dis‧in‧vit‧ing

形容詞

disinviting (comparative more disinviting, superlative most disinviting)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of uninviting (“not inviting, not attractive, not welcoming”).
   • 1719, Alex[ander] Smith [probably a pseudonym], “Moll Cutpurse, a Pick-popcket and Highwaywoman”, in A Compleat History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highway-men, Foot-pads, Shop-lifts, and Cheats, of both Sexes, in and about London, Westminster, and All Parts of Great Britain, for above an Hundred Years Past, Continu’d to the Present Time, volume II, London: […] Sam[uel] Briscoe, and sold by A[nne] Dodd, […], →OCLC, pages 140–141:

     No doubt but Moll’s Converſe vvith her ſelf, vvhoſe Diſinviting Eyes and Look ſunk invvards to her Breaſt, inform’d her of her Defects, and that ſhe vvas not made for the Pleaſure or Delight of Man; […]

動詞

disinviting

1. present participle and gerund of disinvite

Further reading

• “† disinviting, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.