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Recent Examples of uncute
Zengel is now twelve years old, and what’s remarkable is that, though armed with blond hair, blue eyes, and, God help us, freckles, she is formidably uncute throughout the film.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncute
Adjective
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However, this can become an unattractive liquidity option if the family dynamic shifts negatively.—
Matthew Fleming,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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And the toilet seat has discolored in a way that is really unattractive.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Then over the Pont de la Concorde, an unbeautiful bridge that holds great historical significance.—
Anna Hartley,
Washington Post,
19 Aug. 2022
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But it is often done in some very unbeautiful circumstances, for low wages, and in unhealthy work environments.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
10 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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As if the Twins hadn’t experienced enough misery, September opened at home with an ugly, four-game sweep by the White Sox, who lost at least 100 games for the third year in a row.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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When the Motion Picture Association of America joined the consortium, in 2014, the fight grew uglier.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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Just as scary as the grotesque creatures outside are the factionalism and paranoia of the residents inside.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After heavy rains, concert-goers took to sliding down the slopes southwest of the Liberty Memorial, leaving the area an unsightly mess.—
Dan Kelly
October 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In the ’50s, almost all apparel sold in America was made in America, much of it in that blunt, unhandsome neighborhood halfway between Midtown and Chelsea, a patch of blocks less than a square mile, crammed daily with hundreds of thousands of workers.—
Susan Dominus Photographs by Joshua Kissi Styled by Ian Bradley Sasha Weiss Photographs by Collier Schorr Styled by Jay Massacret Megan O’Grady Portrait by Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Ligaya Mishan Photographs by Tina Barney,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2021
Adjective
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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
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One of the most hideous of the victim/perps is Jennifer McCabe.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Now the future is here, a hulking mass on an unlovely corner at the border of Hollywood and West Hollywood, surrounded by luxury apartments and empty lots.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
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It was supposed to belong to no other region, a geographic leftover to which the unlovely work of government could be relegated.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Uncute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncute. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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