unlovely

[ uhn-luhv-lee ]

/ ʌnˈlʌv li /

not lovely; without beauty or charm.

harsh or repellent in character; unpleasant; disagreeable; objectionable.

Origin of unlovely

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at un-¹, lovely

un·love·li·ness, noun

unlooked-for, unloose, unloosen, unlovable, unloved, unlovely, unloving, unlucky, unmade, unmake, unman

Prussian militarism was unlovely, to be sure, but the Kaiser was no Führer.

The Utterly Pointless First World War |Michael F. Bishop |May 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Most crimes are motivated by unlovely impulses that are at least comprehensible: the desire for money, sex, respect, revenge.

There's Little We Can Do to Prevent Another Massacre |Megan McArdle |December 17, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
We are not smarter or wiser because we happen to be born later, and it's an unlovely tendency to imagine that we are.

Why Obama Shouldn't Use Wikipedia |David Frum |March 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The mother was an unlovely object in her abject sorrow and despair.

A True Friend |Adeline Sergeant

She was very bony and was flat-chested and unlovely in every way.

Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp |Annie Roe Carr
They were equals in this direful, unlovely place; royal prejudice stood for nothing here.

Truxton King |George Barr McCutcheon
It was an unlovely face, but its unloveliness lay in its expression.

The Golden Woman |Ridgwell Cullum
Still it was merely the skin of a wolf, with nothing to distinguish it from other individuals of that unlovely breed.

A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") |Nathaniel Hawthorne

unlovely

/ (ʌnˈlʌvlɪ) /

unpleasant in appearance

unpleasant in character

unloveliness, noun