unpicturesque
Americanadjective
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He was born in unpicturesque Paisley, and brought up on its most notorious housing estate, Ferguslie Park – "Feegie" or "the Jungle".
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2011
On those occasions when the author is laughing at the South, she is casual, succinct and totally unpicturesque.
From Time Magazine Archive
The audience gulped down the plot as conventional but reliable stuff, watched with waning interest while spinning, swerving, dodging planes grew into confused monotony against a background of unpicturesque ether.
From Time Magazine Archive
Below stood Ben Halse’s trading establishment, consisting of three or four native huts, a waggon shed, and two quite unpicturesque buildings of corrugated iron.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
He rose from his chair disgusted with young love so unpicturesque and cub-like.
From Old Crow by Alice Brown
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