unartistic
Americanadjective
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not conforming to the standards of art; not aesthetically appealing.
The architecture was crude and unartistic.
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lacking the skill of an artist or artisan.
It’s obvious these are copies, from an assortment of unartistic clods.
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lacking an involvement in or appreciation of the fine arts.
Her formal education was decidedly unartistic.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unartistic
First recorded in 1835–40; un- 1 ( def. ) + artistic ( def. )
Example Sentences
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She believes herself destined to be a novelist but is tormented by worry that wanting to write fiction about her own life, as she does, is “childish, egotistical, unartistic and worthy of contempt.”
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
Her duties — menial and unartistic yet highly necessary — involved cleaning dirt and dust from the finished cels, as the transparent celluloid sheets that went before the camera were known.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
Critics were horrified, but Manhattanites turned up at the rate of 300 an hour to see paintings of such "unartistic" subjects as dance halls and crowded city streets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rouault has a sixth-floor Paris apartment in an unartistic quarter.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a musical novel, it has the ingenious distinction of being told from the point of view of the sturdy and honest, but unartistic and non-musical Tiennet; a typical Berrichon.
From Famous Women: George Sand by Bertha Thomas
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