Meanings of 可愛くない


The main meaning of 可愛くない is of course "not cute", but I think I've heard/seen
the word in other contexts, too. Is it possible for 可愛くない to be a kind of
insult, like "loser" maybe? Especially when it's used for boys?




可愛い has [a wide variety of
meanings](https://jisho.org/search/%E5%8F%AF%E6%84%9B%E3%81%84), but in your
case it probably means "adorable", "innocent", "docile" or "childlike". For
example, if a 9-year-old boy refuses to help his mom after saying a sarcastic
and argumentative remark about money, that can be 可愛くない.

