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Webster 1913 Edition


Unhandsome

Un-hand′some

,
Adj.
1.
Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.
Were she other than she is, she were
unhandsome
.
Shakespeare
I can not admit that there is anything
unhandsome
or irregular . . . in the globe.
Woodward.
2.
Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous;
as,
unhandsome
conduct, treatment, or imputations
.
Unhandsome pleasures.”
J. Fletcher.
3.
Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
[Obs.]
The ships were unwieldy and
unhandsome
.
Holland.
A narrow, straight path by the water’s side, very
unhandsome
for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage.
Sir T. North.
Un-hand′some-ly
,
adv.
Un-hand′some-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unhandsome

UNHAND'SOME

,
Adj.
1.
Ungraceful; not beautiful.
I cannot admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular in the globe.
2.
Unfair; illiberal; disingenuous.
3.
Uncivil; unpolite.

Definition 2024


unhandsome

unhandsome

English

Adjective

unhandsome (comparative more unhandsome or unhandsomer, superlative most unhandsome or unhandsomest)

  1. Not handsome.

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