verb

unpretty

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Unpretty (verb) means to make something look worse or less attractive.

verb

To make something look worse or less attractive.

"I looked around and saw a blond woman wearing old-lady glasses and sitting by herself. It was her. The woman from the modeling spread. It's always a little silly to see pretty women trying to unpretty themselves with glasses." — Marc Maron, Attempting Normal (2013)

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