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Etymology

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un- +‎ artistlike

Adjective

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unartistlike (comparative more unartistlike, superlative most unartistlike)

  1. Not artistlike; unartistic.
    • 1846, The Spectator: Volume 19, page 19:
      [] the defects of the plates are owing to the engraver, WF Starling; who has executed them in a coarse, flimsy, unartistlike manner, as though cheapness rather than excellence had been aimed at.