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UNSIGHTLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unsightliness mean? 

UNSIGHTLINESS (noun)
  The noun UNSIGHTLINESS has 1 sense:

1. ugliness that is unpleasant to look atplay

  Familiarity information: UNSIGHTLINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


UNSIGHTLINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ugliness that is unpleasant to look at

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("unsightliness" is a kind of...):

ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

unsightly (unpleasant to look at)


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