Un‐hand″some (?), a. 1. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.
Were she other than she is, she were unhandsome. Shak.
I can not admit that there is anything unhandsome or irregular... in the globe. Woodward.
2. Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations. “Unhandsome pleasures.” J. Fletcher.
3. Unhandy; clumsy; awkward; inconvenient.
The ships were unwieldy and unhandsome. Holland.
A narrow, straight path by the water's side, very unhandsome for an army to pass that way, though they found not a man to keep the passage. Sir T. North.
— Un‐hand″some‐ly, adv. — Un‐hand″some‐ness, n.