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Date: 1400-1500
Origin: sightly 'pleasant to look at' (15-21 centuries), from sight

unsightly

 adjective
     
un‧sight‧ly
ugly or unpleasant to look at:
unsightly buildings
unsightly marks
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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