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Ebert was conflicted – it offended him to preface his article with such a warning, not least because the NSFW label was, as he put it, an "unsightly typographical offence", but mostly because it "would contradict the point I was making", namely that he was opposed to American puritanism, preferring Europe's supposed festive nudearama.
They might seem like an unsightly addition to your prize-winning public space, with their low-slung jeans and strangely oversized trainers, but, just like bats and great crested newts, skateboarders hold a lot of sway when it comes to planning applications.
So there is much to like, but how to solve your problem, particuarly as hard renovation can make pyracantha more vulnerable to the unsightly bacterial disease fireblight?
Isabel Soares, a renewable energy consultant from Lisbon, decided last year to turn this unsightly reality into an opportunity.
The word alone is enough to make them break out in an unsightly rash.
The industry fears its choked-up roads and unsightly centre are making it more difficult to attract workers who could earn as much in Houston or Stavanger.An independent Scotland would start life with a large budget deficit.
Indeed, the financial crash and American clumsiness and miscalculations, especially under George Bush, have shown up liberal democracy as an unsightly blend of ideology and hypocrisy.That may be an accurate description of popular belief in some areas of the world, though in India, parts of Africa and eastern Europe, Mr Bush was a lot more popular than he was in western Europe and the Arab world.
For example, they don't like the fact that right now Union Station's existing platforms have unsightly and inconvenient columns in the middle of them.
And they are taxed so heavily that they rarely have any surplus cash to invest.Mr Meles is said to be pondering the idea of promoting private property rights, but the conventional wisdom among his officials is that, if peasants could sell their land, they would do so immediately, drink the proceeds and head for the cities, where they would become an unsightly and potentially disruptive underclass.
Don't ask.The mess is not just unsightly ; unwary trespassers can pick up E. Coli, or contract shigellosis and hepatitis, by dabbling in the babbling brook.
At least that is what McDonald's suggested in a mid-July press release.That account however overlooks an important and perhaps unsightly fact.
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The primary grammatical function of "unsightly " is as an adjective . It modifies nouns, describing something as unpleasant or unattractive to look at. Ludwig confirms this with numerous examples where "unsightly " directly precedes a noun, adding a descriptive layer.
Expression frequency: Very common
