as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
strip-mining leaves an unsightly gash in the landscape
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Recent Examples of unsightly
Even with Hall in the lineup, the offense is unsightly.
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Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Community aesthetics should always be a consideration when storing unsightly equipment.
—Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Protect your appliances or cookware from these unsightly blemishes.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Across its last 15 games, Houston is shooting an uncomfortable 27.5 percent from the field in clutch minutes, with an unsightly minus-28.9 net rating in that span.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Community aesthetics should always be a consideration when storing unsightly equipment.
—Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Protect your appliances or cookware from these unsightly blemishes.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Across its last 15 games, Houston is shooting an uncomfortable 27.5 percent from the field in clutch minutes, with an unsightly minus-28.9 net rating in that span.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsightly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsightly
Adjective
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Plus, with fewer games, an ugly two weeks in the NBA usually signals a five-alarm fire and overreactions.—
Shane Young,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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This included industrialization, and, with it, the conception of leisure as a way of allowing people to recuperate from work with a temporary escape from the ugly, unhealthy atmosphere of the city.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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This look is topped with a swirling pompadour, one of the production’s many hideous wigs.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Hard to believe that was 20 years ago, as of yesterday — or that we weren't injured by the metal springs practically protruding out of that hideous yellow sofa.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This vignette, marked by shimmering red decor and a grotesque clientele, feels the most inspired by Waters and his early work with Divine.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Eight decades later, that verdict was renewed when another group of totalitarian antisemites put on a grotesque display.—
Sean Durns,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Unsightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightly. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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