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n. - Ugliness that is unpleasant to look at.

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Usage examples (38)
  • Adjective, : an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder
  • Now the unsightliness is a mere memory, with the revamped exterior featuring shingle siding and a chimney, pillars and wainscoting of cultured stone.
  • -- These specks, when they exist in any number, are a cause of much unsightliness.
  • The tenon is not allowed to run through the stile, and unsightliness on the edge is thus avoided.
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