Unartistlike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not artistlike; unartistic.

    "[…] the defects of the plates are owing to the engraver, WF Starling; who has executed them in a coarse, flimsy, unartistlike manner, as though cheapness rather than excellence had been aimed at."

Example

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"[…] the defects of the plates are owing to the engraver, WF Starling; who has executed them in a coarse, flimsy, unartistlike manner, as though cheapness rather than excellence had been aimed at."

Etymology

From un- + artistlike.

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