Definition of "unlovely"
unlovely
adjective
comparative unlovelier, superlative unloveliest
Quotations
noun
plural unlovelies
An unattractive or ugly thing or person.
Quotations
But the uptake of Irish studies by a range of migrant unlovelies clearly involves their expressing a quality of interest in the subject distinguishable from the harmless "inherent interest" which she so values and which presumably is palpable to "anybody", other than them.
1997, Sabina Sharkey, “Irish Cultural Studies and the Politics of Irish Studies”, in Jim McGuigan, editor, Cultural Methodologies, SAGE, page 156
Many intriguing unlovelies are found in “The Boxtrolls,” a new 3-D animated fable that lifts liberally from the sketches and dark sensibility of Alan Snow’s creepy-good children’s novel “Here Be Monsters.”
2014 September 25, Betsy Sharkey, “Review: Any way you slice it, ‘Boxtrolls’ is an unwieldy visual feast”, in Los Angeles Times