as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
strip-mining leaves an unsightly gash in the landscape
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Recent Examples of unsightly
Brushes Some pool cleaners are equipped with brushes that help scrub away grime, algae and other unsightly material that has accumulated on the surfaces of your pool.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Cars made from 1975 and brought stateside have unsightly impact bumpers (which some subsequent owners remove or replace).
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Some of the houses are abandoned and have become unsightly neighborhood nuisances.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
But the defense really stepped up along the perimeter, contorting a highly efficient Tritons offense into unsightly shooting (23.3 percent from 3-point range, 38.7 percent overall).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsightly
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025
Cars made from 1975 and brought stateside have unsightly impact bumpers (which some subsequent owners remove or replace).
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
Some of the houses are abandoned and have become unsightly neighborhood nuisances.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2025
But the defense really stepped up along the perimeter, contorting a highly efficient Tritons offense into unsightly shooting (23.3 percent from 3-point range, 38.7 percent overall).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsightly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsightly
Adjective
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The Heat finished with an ugly 12-34 record against opponents that finished this regular season with a .500 record or better.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2025
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The biggest storyline in the series, however, has been all of the ugly hits and bad blood between the two state rivals.—
James Mirtle,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 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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Within the span of a few days, an innocuous speck can turn a loaf of bread from prime sandwich material into a hideous mass of blue-green fuzz—an appetite-killing sight if ever there was one.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
1 May 2025
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The Imperial City Sewers you’re meant to traverse while learning the basics of the game look hideous and vile.—
Jamal Michel,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Removing their dark veils, the two expose their grotesque faces, their exaggerated makeup cracked, peeling and flaking off in chunks.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Unsightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightly. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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