The point is that what had served me so well on Xenex was somewhat off-putting to the more civilized tastes of Starfleet and associated races.

"My particular expertise is in what I would call the concert song, which I prefer as a phrase to 'art song,' because 'art song' can be somewhat off-putting," he said.

The overall effect is somewhat off-putting.

Since the Goodrich fire, Shelton's downtown has deteriorated and its lack of a movie theater or cultural offerings is somewhat off-putting.

The result is just weird and somewhat off-putting.

That said, I did find the threatening undertone of "You're Gonna Hear From Me" somewhat off-putting, but perhaps it's my imagination!

Most of the children in the photographs are dressed to the nines, making the book somewhat off-putting, and they look younger than the school-age audience for which the text is intended.

She found that somewhat off-putting.

Sundeen's road warrior is decidedly unenthusiastic about the landscape, commenting with ironic detachment on what he sees through the windshield and reacting to events with an eerie, somewhat off-putting submissiveness.