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[ uhn-es-thet -ik or, especially British , -ees- ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌʌn ɛsˈθɛt ɪk or, especially British , -is- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
Also un·es·thet·ic, un·aes·thet·i·cal .
Origin of unaesthetic First recorded in 1825–35; un-1 + aesthetic
OTHER WORDS FROM unaesthetic un·aes·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb Words nearby unaesthetic unadopted, unadorned, unadulterated, unadventurous, unadvised, unaesthetic , unaffected, unaffiliated, unafraid, unaided, Unalachtigo
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Example sentences from the Web for unaesthetic The funny thing is that all these champions of unaesthetic “authenticity” are in fact following in a hallowed aesthetic tradition.
Behind Occupy's Messy Signs | Blake Gopnik| November 3, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Instead of calling it the fair, it would have been better to call it the unaesthetic sex.
Original Short Stories, Volume 9 (of 13) | Guy de Maupassant
To everyone, except perhaps here and there an occasional aesthete, the commonest sense of the word is unaesthetic .
He shrank from them all, as too downright, bluff, and active; too worldly and unaesthetic ; or too stiff and narrow.
Saint's Progress | John Galsworthy
After this ringing indictment it surprised no Whipple to read that we had become intolerant, materialistic, unaesthetic .
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
I remember the first one very well, and I always think of it with indignation; everything was so crude, unaesthetic , primeval.
Mark Twain's Speeches | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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Words related to unaesthetic animal, disgusting, ordinary, plain, ugly, unalluring