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unaesthetic [uhn-es-thet-ik or, esp. British, -ees-] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for unaesthetic on Thesaurus.com 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 unesthetic, un·aes·thet·i·cal. Origin of unaesthetic First recorded in 1825–35; un-1 + aesthetic Related formsun·aes·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb Related Words for unaesthetic animal, disgusting, ordinary, plain, ugly, unaesthetic, unalluring Examples from the Web for unaesthetic Contemporary Examples of unaesthetic
The funny thing is that all these champions of unaesthetic “authenticity” are in fact following in a hallowed aesthetic tradition.
Blake Gopnik
November 3, 2011
Historical Examples of unaesthetic
And, for the unaesthetic but effective Attila, an able fashioner of pork products from Chicago.
Harry Leon Wilson
Addio to the German gentleman with the unaesthetic ailments!
Robert Hichens
After this ringing indictment it surprised no Whipple to read that we had become intolerant, materialistic, unaesthetic.
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 (Samuel Clemens)
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