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Recent Examples of unbeautiful Then over the Pont de la Concorde, an unbeautiful bridge that holds great historical significance. Anna Hartley, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022 But it is often done in some very unbeautiful circumstances, for low wages, and in unhealthy work environments. Emma Specter, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2022 Buddhism was born under a giant fig tree, which, today, grows at the center of the remote and unbeautiful town of Bodh Gaya, in India’s destitute northeastern state of Bihar. Paul Salopek, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2019 These things are for the unbeautiful, the uneducated, the uncouth. Dwight Garner, New York Times, 21 June 2017 Our sound, right now, is going to be the most blatant way of saying things -- the most unbeautiful, realistic lyrics. Taylor Weatherby, Billboard, 20 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbeautiful
Adjective
  • Lindell handles very ugly, difficult matchups and usually comes out on top, regardless of who he’s partnered with.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • If the scoreline made for ugly reading, the performance wasn’t much better.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Jets did precious little against the hideous Dallas defense and, on the other side of the ball, allowed scoring drives of 90 and 91 yards.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, such a transition as implied by the current crisis necessitates and implies a coming organizational shift in society, but that could either result in a hideous fascism or in something genuinely utopian.
    Ed Simon September 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Later, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs drew from Gein’s grotesque legacy.
    Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And having a 'hate speech' crackdown in the name of Charlie Kirk — a man who absolutely rejected 'hate speech' laws — is especially grotesque.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Unbeautiful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbeautiful. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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