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Unlovely

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    unattractive, ugly

    "[…] an ocean of dereliction, blackened tenements, public drunkenness, dozens of unlovely skyscrapers, featureless housing schemes. It was as if this was all that Glasgow deserved. And yet the city still had a lot of bazazz."

Adjective
  1. 1
    without beauty or charm wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An unattractive or ugly thing or person.

    "1982, United Press International, "Clearly, an ugly dog", 2 August. A hairless runt of a mutt named Chi-chi defeated them all in the 13th annual Ugliest Dog in the World contest: such unlovelies as the moth-eaten chow and the bulldog with a bad eye."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unlovely, onlovely, unlovelich, equivalent to un- + lovely.

Etymology 2

From Middle English unlovely, onlovely, unlovelich, equivalent to un- + lovely.

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