Unsightly
//ʌnˈsaɪtli// adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Displeasing to the eye.
"For example, by changing the use of existing rooms, removing or replacing unsightly features, clearing obstacles to easy circulation, rearranging direction signs and generally introducing as much order as possible, most outdated station buildings can be made reasonably efficient and attractive."
Adjective
- 1 unpleasant to look at wordnet
Example
More examples"When seen in the perspective of half-a-dozen years or more, the best of our fashions strike us as grotesque, if not unsightly."
Etymology
From un- + sightly.
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