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.
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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
Rouault has a sixth-floor Paris apartment in an unartistic quarter.
From Time Magazine Archive
He and Clara were very broke, following a highly unartistic attempt to make a killing on the Bourse.
From Time Magazine Archive
His sharp and witty pencil gave to these generally commonplace and unartistic figures a life-likeness and an expression which soon won for him a name in fashionable circles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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