ppl. a. (UN-1 10.)
1824. Lytton, in Life & Lett. (1883), I. 294. The poor animal bent his head languidly over the untempting food.
1859. F. E. Paget, Curate Cumberworth, 353. A schoolboy repugnance to go back to my smoky lodgings, and Mrs. Ferralls untempting fare.
Hence Untemptingly adv.
[1847. Webster.]
a. 1856. H. Miller, Rambles Geologist (1858), 357. The day was still unfavorable, and the [geological] sections seemed untemptingly indifferent.