unartistic

adjective

un·​ar·​tis·​tic ˌən-är-ˈti-stik 

: not artistic: such as

a

: not showing artistic taste or skill

a practical yet unartistic solution

b

: not inclined to create art

raised in an unartistic family

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Her duties — menial and unartistic yet highly necessary — involved cleaning dirt and dust from the finished cels, as the transparent celluloid sheets that went before the camera were known. Margalit Fox, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021

In other words, on top of making movies in a genre that’s already culturally sidelined, Musk is bringing to it a process—the constant and considerate involvement of fans—that’s regarded by critics and many moviegoers as superficial and unartistic. Hallie Lieberman, Wired, 11 June 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1854, in the meaning defined above