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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Confirmation bias rears its ugly head, and the person convinces themselves that AI sentience is at hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Even with the other guys' admonitions not to, under any circumstances, be themselves, Dee and Charlie's improbable success in charming these scions of the Philly upper crust had the guys — and us — both baffled and anxiously awaiting an ugly twist.—
Dennis Perkins,
EW.com,
10 July 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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One function of bug poems is to remind us that messier and more hideous relations always obtain.—
Hannah Brooks-Motl
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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An alarming situation looked all the more hideous as boos rained down at Dodger Stadium for the club’s fourth straight loss.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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“Unpretty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpretty. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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