unaesthetic

[ uhn-es-thet-ikor, especially British, -ees- ]

adjective

1. offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.:

   an unaesthetic combination of colors.

Other Words From

• un·aes·thet·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unaesthetic¹

First recorded in 1825–35; un- ¹ + aesthetic

Example Sentences

It doesn’t help if, in an attempt to disguise its unaesthetic nature, the router’s owner placed the gadget in a deep corner or covered it with books or other trinkets.

From Popular-Science

And, surprisingly, all those purely unaesthetic choices help give focus to the art-fair experience.

From The Daily Beast

The funny thing is that all these champions of unaesthetic “authenticity” are in fact following in a hallowed aesthetic tradition.

From The Daily Beast

Even the utterly unaesthetic dwelling-house hardly seemed to spoil the picture.

From Project Gutenberg

After this ringing indictment it surprised no Whipple to read that we had become intolerant, materialistic, unaesthetic.

From Project Gutenberg

He shrank from them all, as too downright, bluff, and active; too worldly and unaesthetic; or too stiff and narrow.

From Project Gutenberg

Some day it will be recognized that a long composition recording different emotions is really unaesthetic in a uniform pattern.

From Project Gutenberg

Easy of access, and for the most part fertile, they were an ideal country for that unaesthetic person, the practical settler.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• plain