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I came across this in a doujinshi I was reading; the context was two people
were discussing another character and basically it lead to a question asking
if one of them was fine with 愛想薄い, in terms of personality, in exchange for a
nice body.

[I asked this on
reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/4qp8nt/translation_help_%E6%84%9B%E6%83%B3%E8%96%84%E3%81%84%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89%E3%81%8C%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E6%84%8F%E5%91%B3%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B/)
some time ago and I did receive an answer from a native speaker but I only got
3 answers so I figured I'd try asking on here to just make sure what they said
was correct or if anyone else might have any other possible explanation.
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What does 愛想薄い mean?
I was able to find [one
question](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13161759943)
using it. I'm guessing it's similar to
[無愛想｛ぶあいそ｝](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E4%B8%8D%E6%84%9B%E6%83%B3) the
opposite of ["friendliness" or
"sociability"](http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E6%84%9B%E6%83%B3) or that their
friendliness isn't very obvious as in 薄い{うすい} (light/faint).

See other uses of

存在感｛そんざいかん｝が薄い人 - someone that has no presence
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We say "人情が篤い, 薄い- warm / cold at heart" quite often, but I've never heard of
the expression, "愛想薄い." It sounds awkward. If this expression is allowed,
"愛想厚い" or "愛想濃い," both sound more awkward, should be accepted as an antonym to
"愛想薄い."

When we describe the person who is surly, unfriendly, or blunt, we say (he or
she is) "愛想が悪い, 愛想がない, or 不愛想な(人)."

We call an extremely blunt person "愛想も"へったくれも"ない人."
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愛想薄い -- I was unfamiliar with it, but it's such a great word, I wonder why
it's not more common.

愛想薄い is used when a person is wooden, or robot-like, or unresponsive... ---
and isn't so unfriendly (impolite) as to be described as: ​無愛想, 不愛想, 愛想が悪い,
愛想がない...

On the net, it's mostly used to describe shop-clerks (店員) and dogs.

  * (店員) コンビニバイト -- 表情硬い人・愛想薄い人も合格できますか？

  * (talking about a dog (?)) うちのシヴァも家族には愛想薄いくせに他人はえらい熱烈歓迎してたな…
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