unsightly

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To wrap a basketball, for example, you’d need to crumple the paper in a horrible mess or cut many pieces and tape them together with unsightly overlaps.

From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026

At best, participants in these spectacles fielded snarky jibes about outdated fashion and unsightly grooming; at worst, they were vulnerable to manipulation and torment from the experts tasked with overseeing their transformations.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

It will host world leaders “without having to install a large and unsightly tent” outside, press secretary Karoline Leavitt says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Instead, there was clear evidence of extraction, where the earth had been dug up, leaving behind an unsightly landscape.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

But the rusted embroidery hoops left an unsightly orange ring on the linen that may have damaged my prospects for good.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver