"unbeautiful" meaning in English

See unbeautiful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more unbeautiful [comparative], most unbeautiful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unbewtefull; equivalent to un- + beautiful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unbewtefull}} Middle English unbewtefull, {{prefix|en|un|beautiful}} un- + beautiful Head templates: {{en-adj}} unbeautiful (comparative more unbeautiful, superlative most unbeautiful)
  1. Not beautiful; ugly or inelegant. Synonyms: nonbeautiful
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