Etymology

unbeautiful

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Today it means: Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant. Full definition →

Middle English unbewtefull
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunbewtefull
  2. English todayunbeautiful

From Middle English unbewtefull; equivalent to un- + beautiful.

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