inaesthetic

adjective

in·​aesthetic

¦in+

1

: violating aesthetic canons or requirements : deficient in tastefulness or beauty : offensive from lack of beauty

peered through those inaesthetic spectacles

—Maurice Cranston

2

: lacking aesthetic sensibility

inaesthetic and quite unintellectual

—A. L. Rowse

Word History

Etymology

in- entry 1 + aesthetic

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