unsightly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unpleasant or unattractive to look at

   Temporary repairs left an unsightly patch across the stone wall.

Formed from un- + sightly. Sightly once commonly meant 'pleasant or attractive to look at'; its negative unsightly survived as the much more familiar modern word.

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