How to use unsightly in a sentence

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• This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.From the entry artifact
• It is unsightly and makes difficult a secondary meloplasty without an obvious scar below the lobe.2009, Berish Strauch, Luis O. Vasconez, M.d., Elizabeth J. Hall-Findlay, Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps - Volume 1. From the entry meloplasty
• Some people jokingly referred to it as a “butt chin.” Sheppard's dimpled chin wasn't at all unsightly.2007, Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, Sullivan's Evidence, page 334. From the entry butt chin
• This bend eliminates unsightly waviness that often develops as you cut the copper with a tin snips.2004 October 24, Tim Carter, “Ask the Builder”, in Telegraph Herald, Iowa, USA, retrieved 28 Jun 2012, page 5E. From the entry tin snips
• They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one.1996, Andrew De Prisco, James Burris Johnson, Choosing a Dog for Life, page 73. From the entry beardy
• It’ll be perfect to cover up those dreadfully unsightly scars,’ said Unctuous pointing at Guthry’s forehead.1995, Andrew Harman, “Of Blueprints and Hair-nets”, in Fahrenheit 666, London: Legend Books, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry hair-net
• On the koppie behind the village, the unsightly red-and-white skeleton of an FM tower.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 72. From the entry kopje
• Eliminate the dangerous, unsanitary, unsightly clutter of loose trashpaper with the new, improved E-Z BALER.1959, Modern Maintenance Management, page 82. From the entry trashpaper
• The simpler the brand, the lesser the likelihood that it will blotch and be unsightly and hard to read.2012, Sue Weaver, Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock, →ISBN. From the entry blotch
• A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy or ichthyosis, a scale-like affection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable, and certainly non-infective.1926, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, Norton, published 2005, page 1506. From the entry ichthyosis
• Many of these devices leave unsightly holes in the fish, and wooden tenter sticks, metal speats, etc., are difficult to keep clean.2012, Georg Borgstrom, Fish As Food V3: Processing: Part 1, page 93. From the entry speat
• Carolina geranium seems quite harmless when it is young but becomes unsightly in flowerbeds when it suddenly reaches full size in late spring.1996 January 1, Barbara Pleasant, The Gardener's Weed Book: Earth-safe Controls, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry Carolina geranium
• They were taking toll of the plants and looking most unsightly against the glass, so some measure (apart from squashing them) had to be devised.1981, The Aquarist and Pondkeeper, page 55, column 1. From the entry snailicide
• Vandenberg explained to a House Appropriations subcommittee why the Air Force prefers suspenders: “A battle jacket with belted trousers is an unsightly appearing garment.1952 April 7, “The Way Things Are”, in Time. From the entry belted
• While young women loved the Beatles' hair, British adults found it “unsightly, unsafe, unruly, and unclean.” Factories suspended young apprentices who dared to show up in a moptop.2022, W. David Marx, “Introduction”, in Status and Culture, Viking, →ISBN. From the entry moptop
• In other words, we Mamils are pathetic creatures, cramming our spreading midriffs into unsightly spandex sports gear and spending unfeasible sums of money on custom-made carbon-fibre racing bikes.2012 September 11, Matt Seaton, “The humble Mamil: why we need 'middle-aged men in Lycra'”, in The Guardian. From the entry MAMIL
• A further point; on top of the motif one is now expected to add a very unsightly bug deflector in order to unstreamline that which has already been streamlined.1953, Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, The Autocar. From the entry unstreamline
• If paint is applied and is undry when evening comes, the frosty air of night may destroy the gloss and make the surface paint very unsightly.1920, A. Ashmun Kelly, The Expert Paint Mixer, page 145. From the entry undry

Meaning of unsightly

1. adjective Displeasing to the eye.

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Questions about unsightly in a sentence

How do you use unsightly in a sentence?

Unsightly is used as an adjective. For example: “This JPEG image has been so highly compressed that it has unsightly artifacts, making it unsuitable for the cover of our magazine.”

What is a short sentence with unsightly?

“They grow like a weed and can be as unsightly as one.”

What does unsightly mean?

Unsightly means displeasing to the eye.