What's the difference between lacking and unattractive?

Lacking


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lack

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Here we have asked whether protection from blood-borne antigens afforded by the blood-brain barrier is related to the lack of MHC expression.
  • (2) tRNA from mutant IB13 lacks 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thio-uridine in vivo due to a permanently nonfunctional methyltransferase.
  • (3) BL6 mouse melanoma cells lack detectable H-2Kb and had low levels of expression of H-2Db Ag.
  • (4) Treatment termination due to lack of efficacy or combined insufficient therapeutic response and toxicity proved to be influenced by the initial disease activity and by the rank order of prescription.
  • (5) In the past, the interpretation of the medical findings was hampered by a lack of knowledge of normal anatomy and genital flora in the nonabused prepubertal child.
  • (6) A diplomatic source said the killing appeared particularly unusual because of Farooq lack of recent political activity: "He was lying low in the past two years.
  • (7) The present study examined whether the lack of chronic hemodynamic effects of ANP in control rats was due to changes in vascular reactivity to the peptide.
  • (8) Since it was established, it has stoked controversy about contemporary art, though in recent years it has been more notable for its lack of sensationalism.
  • (9) Inadequate treatment, caused by a lack of drugs and poorly trained medical attendants, is also a major problem.
  • (10) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (11) I would immediately look askance at anyone who lacks the last and possesses the first.
  • (12) The detection of these antibodies is difficult owing to the lack of standardization and of specificity of the laboratory tests.
  • (13) Core enzyme, lacking omega subunit, catalyzed this reaction at a rate less than 1% that of holoenzyme.
  • (14) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (15) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
  • (16) Thus the failure to raise anti-Id with internal image characteristics may provide an explanation for the lack of anti-gp120 activity reported in anti-Id antisera raised to multiple anti-CD4 antibodies.
  • (17) His walkout reportedly meant his fellow foreign affairs select committee members could not vote since they lacked a quorum.
  • (18) In South Africa, health risks associated with exposure to toxic waste sites need to be viewed in the context of current community health concerns, competing causes of disease and ill-health, and the relative lack of knowledge about environmental contamination and associated health effects.
  • (19) The functional capacity to present antigens to T cells was lacking in normal resting B cells, but was acquired following LK treatment.
  • (20) These findings indicate an association between HLA-B7 and ankylosing spondylitis in American blacks and suggest that these patients who lack B27 but possess B7 represent a subgroup of patients with this disease.

Unattractive


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He said: "I am extremely unattracted to the idea of putting back ... these civil cases."
  • (2) There was no word on how any advertisement might look or whether it would use the strategy of making Britain look as unattractive as possible or emphasise to would-be migrants the positive aspects of their own countries such as Romania's Carpathian mountains or Bulgaria's Black Sea resorts.
  • (3) Other negative emotions – self-pity, guilt, apathy, pessimism, narcissism – make it a deeply unattractive illness to be around, one that requires unusual levels of understanding and tolerance from family and friends.
  • (4) It was hypothesized (1) that judges would consider attractive patients better adjusted than unattractive patients; and (2) that attractive patients would appear healthier or better adjusted than unattractive patients on standard diagnostic measures.
  • (5) Second, the territory held or contested by militants is certainly unattractive, but is often of strategic value.
  • (6) Marriage has become a minefield of unattractive choices.
  • (7) The isolation of rural life which makes it unattractive to health and other professionals also accentuates the problems of the rural patient.
  • (8) The Daily Mail's unattractive attack on Ed Miliband's late father has damaged the paper and revolted many people, the senior Conservative minister Francis Maude has said.
  • (9) The only other times I've seen people described as "losing their bodies" is when I pick up a copy of Heat magazine and see that a woman has apparently been rendered unattractive by having living creatures pulled from her sex organs.
  • (10) At present, all UK ATM and all major card issuers are connected to Link … We operate in a competitive market and there are other ATM networks in the UK available for card issuers and ATM operators if our commercial offer becomes unattractive.
  • (11) Water, ether and vacuum distillation extracts of old bone or marrow, added to unattractive materials e.g., ashed bone, rendered them attractive.
  • (12) Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian But to date, the prospect of building on abandoned north Kent chalk quarries, has been so unattractive to housebuilders that they have delivered homes at the rate of just 25 a year when 1,000 a year are needed.
  • (13) This may sound like an unattractive picture; lower pay and more insecurity.
  • (14) Research in Mexico indicated that the product name and packaging of oral rehydration packets were unattractive and intimidating to mothers.
  • (15) Community medicine (2%) and general practice (2%) were similarly unattractive; medical administration (0.5%) was the least popular choice.
  • (16) Twice we went to the country unchanged, unrepentant, just plain unattractive.
  • (17) Pronounced nasal tip ptosis is generally regarded as an unattractive facial feature.
  • (18) • A cross-party group of MPs has delivered the strongest blow yet to the green deal, the government's flagship programme for energy efficiency, calling it "unattractive and uncompetitive".
  • (19) The other members of the Justice League remain superpowered twinkles in the studio's eye (bar The Green Lantern, who's more of an unattractive snot-like stain after the debacle of Martin Campbell's 2011 non-event ).
  • (20) I think it probably will have done the Daily Mail some damage because it does look very unattractive and I think a lot of people will be pretty revolted by that approach."