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unsightly

[uhn-sahyt-lee] / ʌnˈsaɪt li /


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It performed “immensely well,” Curic said, even in a blizzard and after his team asked Wayve to shift sensors from an unsightly roof rack to the wing mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

For Nathan Jubb algal blooming is not just unpleasant and unsightly but a financial problem.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

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At best, participants in these spectacles fielded snarky jibes about outdated fashion and unsightly grooming; at worst, they were vulnerable to manipulation and torment from the experts tasked with overseeing their transformations.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

Ruth’s fingers drifted to her nose for some unsightly digging.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Driven by a vain love of swift traffic, she assails your ear with an incessant din and your eye with the unsightliest railroad that human ingenuity has ever contrived.

From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles




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