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inartistic

inartistic

6.3
Not showing skill or good taste in art
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪnɑrˈtɪstɪk/
translation icon : inartístico
  • Despite its inartistic design, the building served its purpose effectively.

Examples

  • That a great star, an artist, could be so inartistic.

  • It's not only inaccurate, it's inartistic.

  • The tortures to which he was subjected indicated a certain inartistic crudeness on the part of the murderer.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • It gave the book an unpolished, inartistic, uncalculated, and unpretentious quality.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The presentation was inartistic, lacking any visual appeal or creativity.

  • Her writing style was often criticized as inartistic, emphasizing clarity over artistry.

Synonyms

unartistic
vsinartistic
1 6.0

Showing little taste or skill in making things look beautiful

focuses on failing to show creative quality or sense of good taste
unaesthetic
vsinartistic
1 8.1

Not pleasant to look at

refers more to lacking inner appreciation instead of looking unattractive
inaesthetic
vsinartistic
8.8

Not pleasing to look at

emphasizes lack of inner sensibility rather than being outwardly ugly
nonartistic
vsinartistic
4.6

Not intended to be beautiful or creative

focuses on lacking taste or sensibility rather than just unrelatedness

Antonyms

258 3.5

Showing creative skill or good taste in art, like a painting

How Artistic

masterful
33 5.3
creative
772 3.3
artistic
258 3.5
inartistic
6.3

Surface Forms

inartistic positive

Morphology

inartistic = artistic (transparent) = in + art + istic

The meaning is a straightforward negation of 'artistic' with the standard negative prefix 'in-'.

Etymology

Inartistic starts with in- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from art, which means 'skill' or 'craft' and is the same root as in artist. So inartistic describes something 'not showing skill or good taste'.