Usually means: Unpleasant to look at visually.
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  1. not a pretty sight: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. not a pretty sight: Merriam-Webster
  3. not a pretty sight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. not a pretty sight: Wiktionary

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  1. not a pretty sight: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (not a pretty sight)

noun:  (euphemistic, sometimes humorous) Something visually unappealing, ranging from mildly unattractive to utterly disgusting in appearance.
noun:  (idiomatic, by extension) Something disappointing, disquieting, disreputable, or otherwise unworthy of admiration.

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