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nonbeautiful

nonbeautiful adjective: not beautiful.

Adjective

nonbeautiful (not comparable)

  1. Not beautiful.
    • The beautiful exterior is taken as a sign of inward or moral goodness; the nonbeautiful or ugly exterior is often imagined to correlate with evil...2000, Peggy Zeglin Brand, Beauty matters
    • But notice that nonbeautiful does not mean the same as ugly. It is not true that every item in the universe is either beautiful or ugly.1997, Trudy Govier, A practical study of argument
    Synonyms:
    unbeautiful

Synonyms of nonbeautiful

Forms of nonbeautiful

alternative formnon-beautiful

Origin of nonbeautiful

From non- + beautiful.

Questions about nonbeautiful

What does nonbeautiful mean?
Nonbeautiful means not beautiful.
What part of speech is nonbeautiful?
Nonbeautiful is an adjective.

Words near nonbeautiful in the dictionary

  1. nonbattle
  2. nonbauxite
  3. nonbeach
  4. nonbearded
  5. nonbearing
  6. nonbeautiful
  7. nonbeauty
  8. nonbedside
  9. nonbeer
  10. nonbehavioral
  11. nonbehavioural

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