as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unpretty accumulation of trash right next to the entrance to the restaurant
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Recent Examples of unpretty
Alone in unpretty industrial locales, Young seems at home.
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
Here, on display, in courts and prisons, is the unpretty gunk of liberal democracy.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
Hari Kunzru’s new novel, Red Pill, offers a memorably unpretty glimpse into suburban Germany, a place rocked by the same strain of bleak, post-truth right-wing extremism that fills up Trump rallies and Blue Lives Matter protests.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
Here, on display, in courts and prisons, is the unpretty gunk of liberal democracy.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
Hari Kunzru’s new novel, Red Pill, offers a memorably unpretty glimpse into suburban Germany, a place rocked by the same strain of bleak, post-truth right-wing extremism that fills up Trump rallies and Blue Lives Matter protests.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpretty
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Things did get ugly a few years later, with the Mexican-American war.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Year 3 has been ugly — his five-on-five points per 60 have nearly been cut in half (2.57 to 1.32), as has his primary assist rate (1.17 to 0.55).Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.SI.com, SI.com, 1 Feb. 2018
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Both the Hatter and the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter) get boilerplate tragic origins in a cluttered plot that’s drowned out by the hideous, oppressive visual effects.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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No abstract theory regardless of how sincerely held should impede or distract from that hideous, concrete real-world reality.Caroline Frost, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Unpretty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretty. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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