unhandsome Meaning, Definition & Usage

Un*hand"some adjective

Definitions

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.