inartistic

adjective

Definition of inartisticnext
as in unfinished

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Recent Examples of inartistic Andre Iguodala put it in more cosmic terms, after Thursday night’s inartistic but somewhat encouraging 128-112 win over the Lakers in the final regular-season home game. — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inartistic
  1. unfinished
  2. unpolished
  3. inexact
  4. imprecise
  5. amateurish
  6. unprofessional
  7. unskilled
  8. undressed
Adjective
  • Leaving the floor bare can make an entryway feel cold, unfinished, or like an afterthought.
    — Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Choose what needs your best energy and let something less important remain unfinished.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of unfinished
Adjective
  • Despite their looser fit, these jeans are structured enough to pair with blouses, oversized shirts, bulky sweaters, and other roomy tops without looking messy or unpolished.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Tired girl makeup looks poised to stick around, folded into a broader movement toward grunge, indie sleaze and deliberately unpolished beauty.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of unpolished
Adjective
  • The polyester cloth was scratchy on my thighs, the fit inexact.
    — Benny Peterson, Vogue, 4 May 2026
  • Predicting space weather remains a decidedly inexact science, comparable to weather forecasting decades ago on Earth.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of inexact
Adjective
  • Training is an imprecise term, and one only tangentially related to the readiness goal.
    — David Etue, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • That leap rests on an imprecise view of what practicing medicine actually is.
    — John Whyte, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of imprecise
Adjective
  • The whole was topped not by a cupola or a cross but a small pennant, on which the Festival emblem had been drawn in crayons in a rather amateurish hand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The show focuses on the fictional Toledo Truth Teller, an understaffed, more-than-slightly amateurish, failing publication that shares its office space with the Softees toilet paper company owned by its parent corporation.
    — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of amateurish
Adjective
  • Beyond coffee, Gottsman said candidates should avoid other distractions or unprofessional impressions by putting away their phones, skipping overpowering fragrances, removing sunglasses from the tops of their heads and avoiding chewing gum.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Responses were mixed, with those agreeing with Wehniainen saying the practice is unprofessional and could create unnecessary distractions during an interview.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of unprofessional
Adjective
  • Persona did not see economic viability in the unskilled labor approach, Radford says.
    — Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The jobs were broken down into around 200 management roles, 67 office or clerical roles, 67 professional, 534 skilled and 133 unskilled.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of unskilled
Adjective
  • The petition asked the Virginia State Board of Health to adopt regulations barring biological males from female-only athletic teams and competitions, as well as female spaces in which women and girls could be undressed.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Content created with generative AI, or gen AI, tools can include fake nude images and videos; deepfakes; and content from nudification tools and apps, which allow a user to generate a fake image that depicts people as undressed.
    — Avni Trivedi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Definition of undressed

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“Inartistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inartistic. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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