inartistic

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adjective

Lacking in artistic ability.

Similar
unartisticinaestheticunaesthetic
OriginEnglish artistic ← French artistique ← Late Latin artista →
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Meanings

adjectiveinartistic (comparative more inartistic, superlative most inartistic)

comparative more inartistic · superlative most inartistic

  1. Lacking in artistic ability.

    my inartistic flings at pottery

    1990 April 21, Elizabeth R. Brown, “It Was A Woman Who Killed Her”, in Gay Community News, page 5
  2. Not done in an artistic style.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking aesthetic sensibility

Similar
unartisticinaestheticunaesthetic
Also see
inaestheticunaestheticunartistic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
  9. Proto-Italic*artis
  10. Latinars
  11. Late Latinartista
  12. Frenchartiste
  13. Frenchartistique
  14. Englishartistic
  15. Englishinartistic

From in- (negative prefix) + artistic.

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Translations

Finnish epätaiteellinen, epätaiteellinen
  • epätaiteellinenlacking in artistic ability
  • epätaiteellinennot done in artistic style
Portuguese inartístico, inartístico
  • inartísticolacking in artistic ability
  • inartísticonot done in artistic style

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

citrinitas
Cite this entry
APA

inartistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inartistic

MLA

“inartistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inartistic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inartistic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inartistic.

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