ill-favored

[ il-fey-verd ]

/ ˈɪlˈfeɪ vərd /

unpleasant in appearance; homely or ugly.

offensive; unpleasant; objectionable.

Also especially British, ill-fa·voured.

Origin of ill-favored

First recorded in 1520–30

ill-fa·vored·ly, adverb ill-fa·vored·ness, noun

"Faust has had his lesson," thought Crane, as he took from a drawer the stable-boy's ill-favored note.

Thoroughbreds |W. A. Fraser
In one, the growing season is too short and ill-favored; in the other, too long to stimulate man to sustained industry.

Influences of Geographic Environment |Ellen Churchill Semple
In twenty-four hours I was hard at work writing up my then most ill-favored bailiwick.

Modern American Prose Selections |Various
Abandonment is an ill-favored finding, which cannot be presumed, but must be conclusively proven.

Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 |Various

The mountain state learns to exploit this one advantage of its ill-favored geographical location.

Influences of Geographic Environment |Ellen Churchill Semple