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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Unhandsome

· Un·hand·some · IPA /ˌʌnˈhæn.səm/
01 a. Not handsome; not beautiful; ungraceful; not comely or pleasing; plain; homely.
  1. 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. 2.
    Wanting noble or amiable qualities; dishonorable; illiberal; low; disingenuous; mean; indecorous; as, unhandsome conduct, treatment, or imputations.
  3. 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.