unlovely
Americanadjective
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not lovely; without beauty or charm.
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harsh or repellent in character; unpleasant; disagreeable; objectionable.
adjective
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unpleasant in appearance
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unpleasant in character
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unlovely
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un- 1, lovely
Example Sentences
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It made for an unlovely municipal symbol, soaring but hardly graceful: the 800-foot-tall Soviet-era television tower that was for decades a familiar signature in the skyline of Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2024
One of the two optimistic stories goes under the unlovely name of the “nonlinear Phillips curve.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
“Without the unlovely P.C. code phrases, ‘white supremacy,’ ‘patriarchal domination’ and ‘self-recovery,’ hooks couldn’t write a sentence,” Wallace wrote.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
A hope emerged that building new towns might be an alternative for unlovely and unloved city neighborhoods and for soulless peripheral subdivisions.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
The Puritan service seemed to her as plain and unlovely as the bare board walls of the Meeting House.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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