\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. [Obs.]

         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.