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🚫 Not attractive ⚙️ Not about beauty
nonaesthetic

nonaesthetic

7.5
Not about beauty or art
  • adjective
  • /ˌnoʊnəˈɛsθɪtɪk/
translation icon : no estético
  • The engineer chose a nonaesthetic solution that prioritized safety over appearance.

Examples

  • Some industrial products are intentionally nonaesthetic to reduce costs and focus on function.

  • His office was practical and nonaesthetic, with no decorations or artwork.

  • The design is nonaesthetic.

  • This chair is nonaesthetic.

  • The engineer chose a nonaesthetic solution that prioritized safety over appearance.

  • Some industrial products are intentionally nonaesthetic to reduce costs and focus on function.

  • His office was practical and nonaesthetic, with no decorations or artwork.

Synonyms

nonartistic
vsnonaesthetic
4.6

Not intended to be beautiful or creative

is broader, excluding relation to beauty or the appreciation of appearance

Antonyms

artistic
258 3.5

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

aesthetical
7.2

About beauty and good taste

Surface Forms

nonaesthetic positive
nonaesthetical positive

Morphology

nonaesthetic = aesthetic (transparent) = non + aesthetic

The adjective is formed by the productive negating prefix 'non-' applied to 'aesthetic', yielding 'not pertaining to aesthetics'.

Etymology

Nonaesthetic joins non- ('not') with aesthetic ('related to beauty or art'), so it means 'not related to beauty or appearance' and is used when something is practical or focused on function rather than style.