Adjective, : an unsightly wound; unsightly disorder. From Dictionary.com.
Now the unsightliness is a mere memory, with the revamped exterior featuring shingle siding and a chimney, pillars and wainscoting of cultured stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference
These specks, when they exist in any number, are a cause of much unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
The tenon is not allowed to run through the stile, and unsightliness on the edge is thus avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
The fairy sang, she pleaded and she begged, yet her grimy hair and unsightliness frightened them. From Wordnik.com. [And Athena Leaped] Reference
Nothing daunted by the sight of her own unsightliness, she took a bucket and went into the back yard. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
In many cases all that is necessary is to veneer the face sides, thus covering and hiding any unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
Some of the unsightliness results from drawn-out political indecision over what to do with sensitive real estate. From Wordnik.com. [Shame on the Hill - Canada - Macleans.ca] Reference
And the reason of the unsightliness of these sleeves is, that the outline which they present is directly opposed to that of Nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
The unsightliness of it forced me to put ice on my wrists to try to make them disappear, as the hotter it was, the more they protruded. From Wordnik.com. [Unbearable Lightness] Reference
Though I might suggest stating discomfort and unsightliness as the reason for your visit as opposed to the fear of necrotizing faciitis. From Wordnik.com. [A half-serious question.] Reference
Given the unsightliness of this arrangement, it's perhaps not surprising that none of the interested parties are willing to talk about it. From Wordnik.com. [ME-SEN: Collins Office, Maine Paper Silent On Conflict-of-Interest Allegations] Reference
Fig. 207 shows the method of dowelling a moulded cap to the top of a wooden bedstead post or similar pillar where it is desired to avoid any unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used.] Reference
It's the homelessness, the ostracism and society's active oppression to bring prolonged suffering and early death to the most unlovely in order eliminate unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Least Likely Suspect] Reference
And those struggling to get ahead in the job market quickly find that the unsightliness of bad teeth, and the self-consciousness that results, can become a major barrier. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Indigent dental care in Virginia.] Reference
Don't worry about the unsightliness, noise and unreliability of wind power. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Words can hardly express the disgusting unsightliness of this singular female dress. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River] Reference
In his mental distress he was not thinking of his rags or his physical unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference
Page 40 attractive up to the point where unsightliness caused something akin to nausea. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Comments] Reference
It's something more basic: aesthetic revulsion at the unsightliness of their neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [Hit & Run] Reference
I can't imagine a locality accepting new transmission lines because of the unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
To these symptoms are not unfrequently added considerable pain, and always much unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children] Reference
Instead, this sink "drains water away without the hassle and unsightliness of a drain and plug.". From Wordnik.com. [Luxury Housing Trends] Reference
At this point Sylvia had carefully obliterated two lines, blackening the page into unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Born in Exile] Reference
It feels like a Nintendo 64 game without the inconvenience or unsightliness of the genuine article. From Wordnik.com. [GamersInfo.net Articles] Reference
This unsightliness is either imaginary or at most purely conventional, and should be entirely disregarded. From Wordnik.com. [Dashes.] Reference
Does not the same unsightliness prevail in the neighborhood whether it is caused by early set out or late pick up?. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii Reporter] Reference
It was in the new-born grass blades, thrusting up their delicate heads to rid the world of winter's unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Unaga] Reference
And at the thought of her unsightliness, she lowered her voice, and only just dared to stammer behind the passers-by. From Wordnik.com. [L'Assommoir] Reference
This action causes a certain neighborhood unsightliness which the Council thought should be dealt with by them, the government. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii Reporter] Reference
No furniture brings confusion to the room; no machinery distresses the ear with its groanings or the eye with its unsightliness. From Wordnik.com. [Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic] Reference
They said they feared that their complaints would be ignored and the snow would cover up the unsightliness for yet another year. From Wordnik.com. [Aspen Times - Top Stories] Reference
Baghdadis affronted by the unsightliness of leftover posters from past fear their city will be disfigured further by the coming polls. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Guerrilla Gardening: Giving New Life To Neglected Land (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)] Reference
Dufour, who was rather bolder, tempted by feminine curiosity, looked at them every moment, and no doubt compared them with the secret unsightliness of her husband. From Wordnik.com. [Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant] Reference
"In November I sometimes feel as if spring could never come again," she sighed, grieving over the hopeless unsightliness of her frosted and bedraggled flower-plots. From Wordnik.com. [Anne's House of Dreams] Reference
She hated the weak man for aggravating the offence of his unsightliness by allying himself with the reactionary powers that made this world as unsightly as himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Judge] Reference
You have that fancy which gilds the tin cans in the back yard; I have that unfortunate eye which would multiply their number by three, and their unsightliness by ten. From Wordnik.com. [The Mascot of Sweet Briar Gulch] Reference
The dam will be hidden from common observation, and the timber lands to be flooded will be cut so as to avoid the unsightliness usual with artificial reservoirs in forested areas. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the National Parks] Reference
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