Unlovely
[,ʌn'lʌvli]
Definition
(a.) Not lovely; not amiable; possessing qualities that excite dislike; disagreeable; displeasing; unpleasant.
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Examples
- Palestine is desolate and unlovely. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Altogether they were not unlovely when viewed in comparison with the green Martians. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- At one end of the journey we see the cylindrical bar of steel, black and unlovely; at the other, the silver-plated knife, light, well-balanced and heavily plated with pure silver. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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