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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Tech wealth here looks even less appealing than that of the Roy family (the expensively beige décor is even uglier).—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
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During the negotiation of USMCA in 2018, the current trade agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada that Trump managed during his first term, conversations between the President and GM occasionally turned ugly.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
3 June 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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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
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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
Adjective
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If, like for me, Lewis Carroll’s 1865 fairy tale about a girl who stumbles into Wonderland is a core memory, all those beloved characters are there, with a splendidly cogent (and at times delightfully grotesque) libretto.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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The gore may have felt too grotesque to shoot in live action using makeup and prosthetics, and potentially unbearable for some audiences to watch.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
6 June 2025
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“Unsightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsightly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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