boring or unfriendly

[jasonlulu_2000]

For years, I belonged to a health club and never got near the exercise machines. I went straight to the pool and swam laps, as I'd been doing since I was a teenager. I didn't understand the machines. They looked ____ to me.

A. boring B. unfriendly

The answer is A.

What about "unfriendly"? Does it make sense, too?

Thanks!

Jason

[Tdol]

Yes- it's not a very good question IMO.

[emsr2d2]

How on earth can exercise machines look unfriendly?

[bhaisahab]

How on earth can exercise machines look unfriendly?

I think they can look unfriendly, but I think that in the context of a test for people learning English "boring" is the logical answer.

[Barb_D]

I agree that the expected answer was boring, but as a native speaker, I could see using "unfriendly" for a machine that looked confusing, complicated, and not "user-friendly." A pool invites you to jump in. A machine with bars and handles and pulleys and wires might seem to say "You're not clever enough to use me."