inaesthetic
/,ini:s'θetik/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking aesthetic quality; not beautiful or pleasing to the senses: Describes something that violates accepted principles of beauty, taste, or artistic merit.
- Deficient in tastefulness: Refers to something that is considered unattractive, unappealing, or lacking in artistic sensibility.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The building's design was criticized as harsh and inaesthetic.
- She found the cheap plastic ornaments to be completely inaesthetic.
Advanced Usage
- In a formal or critical context: Often used in art criticism, architecture reviews, or philosophical discussions about beauty to denote a deliberate or perceived failure to meet aesthetic standards.
- The philosopher argued that the industrial landscape was not ugly but purposefully inaesthetic, challenging traditional notions of beauty.
Variants and Related Words
- Aesthetic (adj/n): Concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty.
- Unaesthetic (adj): A less common variant with the same meaning as 'inaesthetic'.
- Anesthetic (n/adj): (Note: Different word) A substance that induces insensitivity; or, causing insensitivity.
Synonyms
- Unattractive
- Unappealing
- Tasteless
- Graceless
Antonyms
- Aesthetic
- Beautiful
- Artistic
- Tasteful
Related Phrases
- Inaesthetic design: A design that is not pleasing to look at.
- The committee rejected the proposal due to its inaesthetic design.
- Inaesthetic sensibility: A lack of sensitivity to beauty.
- The brutalist architecture was accused of promoting an inaesthetic sensibility.
Adjective
- violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty
- inaesthetic and quite unintellectual
- peered through those inaesthetic spectacles