unpresentable

Unfit for company

Unpresentable describes someone or something not fit to be shown or seen by others.

A person may be unpresentable due to disheveled appearance or inappropriate dress: I can't answer the door—I'm unpresentable.

Objects or spaces can be unpresentable when too messy or damaged to display: The house was unpresentable after the party.

appearance

disheveled

Untidy in appearance

sloppy · messy · tousled · bedraggled · untidy · frumpy · wrinkled · ragged · shabby · grubby

embarrassment

mortifying

Causing acute embarrassment

awkward · cringe-worthy · embarrassing · undignified · degrading · scandalous · improper · indecent · unbecoming · unseemly

inadequacy

substandard

Below required quality

inferior · unsatisfactory · incomplete · unacceptable · unsuitable · inappropriate · unfit · unworthy · improper · unseemly

Categories
Opposites
appearance/presentation

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Fit to be seen

well-groomed · polished · neat · tidy · put-together

social acceptability

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Fit to be seen

respectable · suitable · appropriate · acceptable · proper

Family

present, represent, presents, presentation, representation, representative, presenter, presentable, representing

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G