Category:Unhandsome

Un*hand"some, a.

1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; Plain; homely. Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak. I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular. . . In the globe. Woodward.

2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; Disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or Imputations. "unhandsome pleasures." J. Fletcher.

3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient. [obs.] The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland. 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. -- un*hand"some*ly, adv. -- un*hand"some*ness, n.