unhandsome

Example Sentences

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Alec is self-conscious about his scarring, but if the show wanted to make Martin appear unhandsome, which he pushed for, it should have tried harder.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024

An American teacher in middle age arrives at an apartment to meet a man who is older, overweight, unhandsome, a brute.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2020

He was not unhandsome; his face was chiselled and tanned to a dusky perfection.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 18, 2018

In those days Stravinsky had an unhandsome but chiseled, fiercely self-contained face.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2010

The postmasters-general of the day, Lord Lovell and Sir John Eyles, told the Board of Customs in so many words that their conduct was unhandsome.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Joyce, Herbert