as in ugly
unpleasant to look at
strip-mining leaves an unsightly gash in the landscape
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Recent Examples of unsightly
Most renovation pruning calls for removing the entire branch rather than clipping off a portion because the latter encourages vigorous new growth that crowds the canopy, looks unsightly, and reduces flowering and fruiting.
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Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
This can lead to more scratches and an even more unsightly end result.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Two doors on either side also conceal unsightly tech, with cutouts at the back that discreetly corral cables.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Hours later, after an unsightly loss to the Athletics, the Padres still occupied both positions atop the standings.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsightly
Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2025
This can lead to more scratches and an even more unsightly end result.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2025
Two doors on either side also conceal unsightly tech, with cutouts at the back that discreetly corral cables.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Hours later, after an unsightly loss to the Athletics, the Padres still occupied both positions atop the standings.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unsightly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsightly
Adjective
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The birds' droppings end up on the ground and windows below, creating an ugly scene for staff, branch patrons and passersby walking in the River Market District.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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Compare the first half of Season 15 to Jodie Whittaker’s last outing as the Doctor, and things get uglier.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Smears on non-sensor areas of the tiara are like bug debris on your hood, aesthetically unpleasing but not harmful.—
Eric Tegler,
Popular Mechanics,
1 Oct. 2019
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His side's inability to finish off the game against Burnley on the other hand was very unpleasing.—
SI.com,
SI.com,
1 Feb. 2018
Adjective
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But Eleanor has backed herself into an awful corner, and in some ways, so too has Johansson’s film, which is stuck trying to impart sage wisdom through the lens of a truly hideous (if well-meaning) lie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
20 May 2025
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There are no save-the-cat redemptions for a man who became famous for torturing, murdering and performing hideous experiments on countless Jews as part of a team of doctors overseeing medical services at Auschwitz-Birkenau.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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However sincere and dedicated Bianca Cline’s efforts are, there’s something grotesque about hiring a second cinematographer to attempt to reproduce Hutchins’s style, and something perverse about digitally pasting an actor’s face on another’s in order to maintain continuity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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It’s stylized, grotesque — and apparently, mother-repellent.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
11 May 2025
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“Unsightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightly. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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