Definition of Inaesthetic

1. Adjective. Violating aesthetic canons or requirements; deficient in tastefulness or beauty. "Peered through those inaesthetic spectacles"

Exact synonyms: Unaesthetic
Similar to: Inartistic, Unartistic
Antonyms: Aesthetic

Definition of Inaesthetic

1. Adjective. (chiefly British spelling) (alternative spelling of inæsthetic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inaesthetic

inadmissibly
inadventurous
inadvertence
inadvertences
inadvertencies
inadvertency
inadvertent
inadvertently
inadvisability
inadvisable
inadvisableness
inadvisably
inadvisedly
inadæquate
inaequihymeniiferous
inaesthetic (current term)
inaffability
inaffectation
inaffected
inaglyite
inaidable
inalienability
inalienable
inalienableness
inalienably
inalimental
inalterability
inalterable
inalterableness

Literary usage of Inaesthetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Praxis of Alain Badiou by Paul Ashton, A J Bartlett, Justin Clemens (2006)
"Further, his inaesthetic conception of art accordingly allows room principally for the literal arts, making it difficult to properly grasp those arts which ..."

2. The British Journal of Psychology by British Psychological Society (1913)
"The aesthetic, or rather inaesthetic effect of realistic 1 The famous ' unity of time,' BO senseless as a ' canon,' is all the same often an indispensable ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1893)
"Sometimes the pruning process might be employed with advantage, both in cases of lengthiness and of inaesthetic excesses, sometimes his tints remind one of ..."

4. Modern Essays by John Milton Berdan, John Richie Schultz, Hewette Elwell Joyce (1915)
"As did, at the Court of Philip, Velasquez, whose Infantas, clad in inaesthetic hoops, are, as works of Art, ..."

5. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies: As Pleasingly Exemplified in Many by James McNeill Whistler (1904)
"As did, at the Court of Philip, Velasquez, whose Infantas, clad in inaesthetic hoops, are, as works of Art, of the same quality as the Elgin marbles. ..."

6. The Association Review by American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf (1904)
"... the following should be said: A person who even through the mask of the frequently inaesthetic, and to many people revolting, signs, has learned to know ..."

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