inartistic
[in-ahr-tis-tik]
- lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
- not artistic; not aesthetically appealing: inartistic grafitti.
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Also in·ar·tis·ti·cal.
Origin of inartistic
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Related Words for inartistic
ignorant, coarse, angular, artless, barbarous, callow, formless, fresh, green, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, makeshift, primal, raw, rough, rudimentary, shapeless, simple, uncivilizedExamples from the Web for inartistic
Contemporary Examples of inartistic
Early critics called it 'a strange, inartistic story' with 'purposeless power.'
Early critics called it "a strange, inartistic story" with "purposeless power."
Historical Examples of inartistic
Usually they are irrelevant and inartistic asides by the author.
Short Story WritingCharles Raymond Barrett
But show me a noise-loving city and I will show you an inartistic one.
Old FogyJames Huneker
It is amazing and inartistic, however, that after all her awkwardness she should fail.
While the work was inartistic, it was easy to make out the letters "F. M."
Klondike NuggetsE. S. Ellis
The use of birds and their plumage is as inartistic as it is cruel and barbarous.
inartistic
- lacking in artistic skill, appreciation, etc; Philistine
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