Unhandsomeness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unhandsome \Un*hand"some\, a.
     1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or
        pleasing; plain; homely.
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              Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome.


                                                    --Shak.
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              I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or
              irregular . . . in the globe.         --Woodward.
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     2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable;
        illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as,
        unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. "Unhandsome
        pleasures." --J. Fletcher.
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     3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [Obs.]
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              The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. --Holland.
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              A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very
              unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they
              found not a man to keep the passage.  --Sir T.
                                                    North.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*hand"some*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*hand"some*ness}, n.
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