nonbeautiful

English

Alternative forms

• non-beautiful

Etymology

From non- +‎ beautiful.

Adjective

nonbeautiful (not comparable)

1. Not beautiful.
   • 2000, Peggy Zeglin Brand, Beauty matters:

     The beautiful exterior is taken as a sign of inward or moral goodness; the nonbeautiful or ugly exterior is often imagined to correlate with evil...

   • 1997, Trudy Govier, A practical study of argument:

     But notice that nonbeautiful does not mean the same as ugly. It is not true that every item in the universe is either beautiful or ugly.

Synonyms

• unbeautiful