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inartistically

American  
[in-ahr-tist-ik-lee] / ˌɪn ɑrˈtɪst ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that shows lack of artistic ability or appeal.


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The great San Mateo valley looked like a close forest of ancient oaks broken inartistically by the roofs of houses shorn of their chimneys.

From The Sisters-In-Law by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

For example,—not to know that a hind has no horns is a less serious matter than to paint it inartistically.

From The Poetics of Aristotle by S. H. (Samuel Henry) Butcher

He may have fancied, as his friend Forster also did, that Pickwick was a rather jejune juvenile thing, inartistically planned, and thrown off, or rather rattled off. 

From Pickwickian Manners and Customs by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald

They are at many points inartistically constructed; but the stuff is good, and the works therefore hold their own in spite of these drawbacks.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various

This, in some cases, may lead him to make of a somewhat inartistically designed jewel a beautifully proportioned one.

From Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from by George Frederick Kunz

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