21. Despite its unprepossessing subject matter, it gained a reputation for being both cultured and funny. 22. Delanoy is said to have been " awkward in his address and of unprepossessing appearance ". 23. The once-unprepossessing West Street entrance is now huge, with large windows letting in light. 24. He has unprepossessing offices in a plain single-story stucco building just off a busy highway. 25. The storefront was plain, the street unprepossessing , and the skies sent down torrents of rain. 26. For 22 years, he has lived on an unprepossessing street in an area known as Balham. 27. The device may be clever, but it has a decidedly unprepossessing name : a thermal diode. 28. The purity and breadth of this meticulous study are all the more gratifying in view of its unprepossessing style. 29. The very first object in the show is at first glance unprepossessing _ a chunk of quartz-ite. 30. So I was surprised to meet instead a soft-spoken man of average build who seemed almost unprepossessing .