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The phrase "not very flattering" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is often used to describe something or someone that does not look or sound very nice or positive. For example, "The critics' reviews of his latest performance were not very flattering."
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Not very flattering, but solid.
Distorted Portraits Using Rubber Bands Wired.com | Not very flattering portraits of people wrapped in rubber bands.
The New Yorker, July 9, 1927 P. 9 Description of Sunday hikers -- not very flattering.
"But to tell you the truth, in the beginning, the television aspect was not very flattering for us.
By E. B. White The New Yorker, July 9, 1927 P. 9 Description of Sunday hikers -- not very flattering.
Unfortunately for Sally, the result was not very flattering in terms of her methods or her transparency.
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But plenty of facts about America just aren't very flattering.
The boats often get stuck, and the reason "isn't very flattering to the modern American psyche," writes Al Lutz of the Disney-watching Web site MiceAge.
"I'd rather put up views of where I'm running and how much training I've doing, instead of pictures of me, red-faced, that aren't very flattering".
Maybe Gmail's new tabs can't recognize the unnecessary alerts Facebook and other social networks send as "social", but showing an inbox with 10 straight alerts from Google+ and YouTube isn't very flattering.
But people are sometimes really intransigent, and you have to let them just be themselves and sometimes it isn't very flattering.
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