as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
an unpretty accumulation of trash right next to the entrance to the restaurant
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Recent Examples of unpretty
Alone in unpretty industrial locales, Young seems at home.
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Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
Here, on display, in courts and prisons, is the unpretty gunk of liberal democracy.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
Hari Kunzru’s new novel, Red Pill, offers a memorably unpretty glimpse into suburban Germany, a place rocked by the same strain of bleak, post-truth right-wing extremism that fills up Trump rallies and Blue Lives Matter protests.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
Here, on display, in courts and prisons, is the unpretty gunk of liberal democracy.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
Hari Kunzru’s new novel, Red Pill, offers a memorably unpretty glimpse into suburban Germany, a place rocked by the same strain of bleak, post-truth right-wing extremism that fills up Trump rallies and Blue Lives Matter protests.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpretty
Adjective
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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
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If the scoreline made for ugly reading, the performance wasn’t much better.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
6 Oct. 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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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
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“Unpretty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretty. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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