unsleek

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sleek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌnˈsliːk/

Adjective

unsleek (comparative more unsleek, superlative most unsleek)

1. Not sleek, the opposite of sleek; rough.
   • 1874, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King‎^[1]:

     Then she that saw him lying unsleek, unshorn, Gaunt as it were the skeleton of himself, Uttered a little tender dolorous cry.

   • 1997 September 5, Mark Swartz, “Rebuilding the Material World”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Bruce Nauman uses neon not to advertise a product or service but to make absurd or insulting proclamations, and his fiberglass is heavy and unsleek.

   • 2007 April 2, Virginia Heffernan, “The Onion Speaks, and Sounds Familiar”, in New York Times‎^[3]:

     Photographs of the unsleek, inland-dwelling and mostly male clique that, with various cast shifts, has developed the Onion sensibility over 20 years, beginning at the University of Wisconsin, reveal a Midwestern chain gang that seems to know exactly what they’re about.

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