inartisticadj.
/ɪnɑːˈtɪstɪk/ a. Not artistic; not in accordance with the principles of art.
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > qualities of works generally
wateryc1230
polite?a1500
meagre1539
over-laboured1579
bald1589
spiritless1592
light1597
meretricious1633
standing1661
effectual1662
airy1664
severe1665
correct1676
enervatea1704
free1728
classic1743
academic1752
academical1752
chaste1753
nerveless1763
epic1769
crude1786
effective1790
creative1791
soulless1794
mannered1796
manneristical1830
manneristic1837
subjective1840
inartisticala1849
abstract1857
inartistic1859
literary1900
period1905
atmospheric1908
dateless1908
atmosphered1920
non-naturalistic1925
self-indulgent1926
free-styled1933
soft-centred1935
freestyle1938
pseudish1938
decadent1942
post-human1944
kitschy1946
faux-naïf1958
spare1965
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. v. 119 Inartistic figures crowding the canvass of life without adequate effect.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 191 This book is a very dull and inartistic performance.
b. Having no appreciation for or love of art; unskilled in art.
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society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adjective] > unappreciative of art
unartistic1854
inartistic1875
1875 E. C. Stedman Victorian Poets (1887) iv. 134 An inartistic nature and a dull or commonplace mind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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