inartistic
Americanadjective
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lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
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not artistic; not aesthetically appealing.
inartistic grafitti.
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His swing was an inartistic whir of elbows, shoulders and knees that resulted in a hook.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 1, 2019
Criticize the music’s simplistic emotions, earworm hooks, instant clichés, and crowd-pleasing exhortations as much as you’d like, the movie suggests, but don’t misunderstand it as insincere or inartistic, as selling out or pandering.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
Highlight of the year: Jack Jewsbury's net-seeking missile that produced a stunning though inartistic 1-0 win in Vancouver.
From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2012
He was immediately struck by the ugliness of its tombstones, by the fact that most cemeteries are "unsightly stoneyards, full of inartistic symbols and depressing customs."
From Time Magazine Archive
I am bound to say that though Mr. Macdougall firmly declined being party to this arrangement, which he said would be inartistic, he did so with the utmost courtesy.
From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various
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