inartistic
Americanadjective
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lacking in artistic sense or appreciation.
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not artistic; not aesthetically appealing.
inartistic grafitti.
adjective
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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
The brothers are widely regarded as inartistic penny-pinchers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The long-continued popularity of Roman tragedy implies also that it was something more than an inartistic copy of the masterpieces of Athenian genius.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by W. Y. Sellar
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