"unpleasing" meaning in English

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          "text": "It is, it is: hie hence, be gone, away!\nIt is the lark that sings so out of tune,\nStraining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.",
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          "text": "‘[…] Be assured, my dear, that these were the harshest words, and to me the most unpleasing that ever escaped your lips!’",
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