English

bad-looking

Not pleasing to the eye; unattractive.

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    Origin

    From bad + looking.

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    • partEnglishbad “Of low quality.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbadde
    • partEnglishlooking “as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlokynge
        • inheritedOld Englishlōciende
        • inheritedOld Englishlōcung
      • suffixEnglish-ing “As true nouns.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ynge
        • inheritedMiddle English-yng

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