unlovely

Example Sentences

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One of the two optimistic stories goes under the unlovely name of the “nonlinear Phillips curve.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023

From its muted, unlovely color palette to its tightly controlled performances, everything it shows us is placed in rigorous service of brilliantly cascading questions and ideas: What are the cost and value of forgiveness?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2023

The point was, Poe deserved better; the most interesting plants do grow in the shade, unlovely and unloved.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2023

Even if we didn’t have measurements, this would be obvious: Gas stoves burn gas, and combustion produces carbon monoxide, fine particulate matter and other unlovely byproducts you don’t want in your house.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023

The Puritan service seemed to her as plain and unlovely as the bare board walls of the Meeting House.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare