unartistic

American  

[uhn-ahr-tis-tik] / ˌʌn ɑrˈtɪs tɪk /

adjective

1. not conforming to the standards of art; not aesthetically appealing.

   The architecture was crude and unartistic.

2. lacking the skill of an artist or artisan.

   It’s obvious these are copies, from an assortment of unartistic clods.

3. lacking an involvement in or appreciation of the fine arts.

   Her formal education was decidedly unartistic.

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Other Word Forms

• unartistically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of unartistic

First recorded in 1835–40; un- ¹ ( def. ) + artistic ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

unartistic

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

He and Clara were very broke, following a highly unartistic attempt to make a killing on the Bourse.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Indeed, dissatisfaction was expressed in the forecastle and the cabin at the bungling and unartistic style in which I prepared the food on those occasions.

From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

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