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inartistic

American  
[in-ahr-tis-tik] / ˌɪn ɑrˈtɪs tɪk /
Also inartistical

adjective

  1. lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.

  2. not artistic; not aesthetically appealing.

    inartistic grafitti.


inartistic British  
/ ˌɪnɑːˈtɪstɪk /

adjective

  1. lacking in artistic skill, appreciation, etc; Philistine

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of inartistic

First recorded in 1855–60; in- 3 + artistic

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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

Protestantism has suddenly become conscious of the inartistic quality of many phases of its portrayal of religion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Consider the simplest and commonest example, the inartistic or half artistic natures whom a monumental history provides with sword and buckler.

From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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