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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The series between the Warriors and the Rockets was slow, low scoring, and ugly—which is exactly how the younger, less experienced Rockets wanted it.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
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This wasn’t the first time Green was subjected to ugly behavior from opposing fans.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
10 May 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 dinnertime, the restaurant is busy, but not slammed; the crowd seems to be largely made up of people with beautiful hair and compellingly hideous shoes.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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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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“Unpretty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretty. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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