unartistic

1 6.0

Showing little taste or skill in making things look beautiful

adjective
/ˌʌnɑːrˈtɪstɪk/

: poco artístico

At first, it felt crass and 'unartistic', but the results from beta readers were encouraging.

Examples

Her unartistic approach to decorating the room resulted in a very bland and ordinary appearance.
Few enthusiasts of art, photography, or technology will be marking its 20th birthday, in no small part because it's such an odd and unartistic image.

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Or a tattoo hand-drawn by the self-confessed unartistic comedian?

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The construction of the building was criticized for its unartistic design, lacking any unique features.
Despite his unartistic tendencies, he surprisingly appreciated the beauty of the classic paintings in the gallery.

Synonyms

uncultured

vsunartistic

Offensive

3 5.6

Showing little interest in art or books and having bad manners

is narrower, centering on absence of aesthetic sense rather than education

unpoetic

vsunartistic

1 6.1

Not beautiful or creative in a way that moves people

is wider, applying to general lack of art appreciation or taste

unaesthetic

vsunartistic

1 8.1

Not pleasant to look at

focuses instead on lacking appreciation or sense of beauty rather than looks

philistine

vsunartistic

1 9.6

Not interested in art or culture

is similar but lacks the hostile or dismissive attitude toward culture

inartistic

vsunartistic

6.3

Not showing skill or good taste in art

is the general idea of lacking sense or appreciation of beauty and art

nonartistic

vsunartistic

4.6

Not intended to be beautiful or creative

describes the same lack but emphasizes absence of artistic traits

unpoetical

vsunartistic

7.0

Not showing beauty, imagination, or strong feeling

covers broader lack of appreciation for visual and performing arts too

artless

vsunartistic

6.7

Not made or done skillfully

refers instead to a person or sense lacking appreciation of beauty

Antonyms

artistic

258 3.5

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

How Artistic

creative

772 3.3

artistic

258 3.5

decorative

49 3.9

unartistic

1 6.0

prosaic

8 7.9

Surface Forms

unartistic positive

Morphology

unartistic = artistic (transparent) = un + art + istic

The word is formed by the productive negation prefix 'un-' added to the adjective 'artistic', so the meaning 'not artistic' is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

Unartistic is made from un- meaning 'not' and art meaning 'creative skill' or 'beauty'. So, like the opposite of an artist, unartistic describes someone or something that does not show skill or a sense of beauty.