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inartistic

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in·ar·tis·tic  (när-tstk)
adj.
1. Not conforming to the principles or criteria of art: "Never would she resort to the inartistic expedient of modifying her work to suit the popular taste" (Edith Wharton).
2. Lacking taste or interest in art.

inar·tistic·al·ly adv.

inartistic [ˌɪnɑːˈtɪstɪk]
adj
lacking in artistic skill, appreciation, etc.; Philistine
inartistically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inartisticinartistic - lacking aesthetic sensibility;      
inaesthetic, unaesthetic - violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty; "inaesthetic and quite unintellectual"; "peered through those inaesthetic spectacles"
Translations
inartistic [ɪnɑːˈtɪstɪk] ADJ [work] → poco artístico, antiestético; [person] → falto de talento artístico
inartistic
adj, inartistically
advunkünstlerisch; work alsokunstlos
inartistic [ˌɪnɑːˈtɪstɪk] adj (work) → di scarso valore artistico; (person) → che manca di senso artistico
inartistic [ˌɪnɑːˈtɪstɪk] adj (work) → di scarso valore artistico; (person) → che manca di senso artistico


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You will get no finish from either -- the lines are often blurred, the design but half fulfilled; and yet the effect is not inartistic.
His best stories, essays, and poems went begging among them, and yet, each month, he read reams of dull, prosy, inartistic stuff between all their various covers.
A want of keeping is observable sometimes in the character of the several pieces of furniture, but generally in their colours or modes of adaptation to use Very often the eye is offended by their inartistic arrangement.
 
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