Sexy
Sexy adjective - Of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire.
Usage example: he found her new dress very sexy while still being tasteful
Unsexy
Unsexy adjective - Not sexually aroused or arousing.
Both words in one sentence
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Willow wears a dowdy and unsexy Eskimo costume to a cultural party and remarks that maybe she should have worn something sexy.
Source: Beautiful All Along -
In The Nostalgia Critic Top 11 Coolest Cliches list, this is one, although it's under the title of "Sexy Cry" and the fact that there are unsexy examples wasn't addressed as much.
Source: Single Tear -
Think Unsexy Thoughts: When Paula asks Harry why he doesn't respond to Delly's (rather juvenile) attempts to be sexy, he says he just thinks of things like "George Washington's teeth." Trapped In a Sinking Plane: Joey Zeigler's death at the end.
Source: Film / Night Moves
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