unsightly

comparative more unsightly · comparative dated unsightlier · superlative most unsightly · dated superlative unsightliest

1. Displeasing to the eye.

   The removal of unsightly graffiti on the sides of railway bridges spanning major roads in the North West is to be handed over to National Highways, to speed up the job.

   2021 October 20, “Network News: NR and NH tackle graffiti vandalism”, in RAIL, number 942, page 9

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   “She had grown used to the quick speech of these people, but she wished he would not lick his lips that way. It did not make him any harder to understand, but it was unsightly."

   1992, Robert Jordan, “Chapter 38: Hidden Faces”, in The Shadow Rising (The Wheel of Time; 4), London: Orbit Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 610

   Last year, the City Council passed my bill, the Rat Act (Int. 1123), to expand containerization citywide and finally get those unsightly heaps of trash bags off our sidewalks.

   2026 April 17, Crystal Hudson, quotee, “Mayor Mamdani Takes Major Step Toward Citywide Trash Containerization, Announces Six New Districts”, in NYC.gov, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026

   Synonyms: disgusting, ugly · Antonyms: beautiful, sightly