0 slightly unpleasant or worrying so that you do not want to get involved in any way: --
The interview and the form are off-putting to many people, so we are talking about the minimum number of people.
Such an all-embracing assertion would certainly be very off-putting nowadays.
It is rather off-putting and is just a simple matter of turning down the volume.
Next there were three children peering out of the back window making rude faces, which is jolly off-putting.
There is nothing more off-putting than trying to make a speech on an important subject and hearing someone coughing and spluttering behind.
I agree with those who do not like the title of ombudsman, which is rather daunting and off-putting and difficult for people readily to understand.
The adversarial system is extremely off-putting to a large proportion of the electorate, particularly women.
It is terribly off-putting to have one of those faces that is so instantly forgettable.
