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a good look en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (in the negative, no-plural) Something that gives a positive impression.
    • Conversely, I have seen many bottles of wine that have been exposed to excessive amounts of oxygen... and it isn't a good look! 2003, Tyson Stelzer, Screwed for Good?: The Case for Screw Caps on Red Wines:
    • A convicted felon caught with four kilos of crack cocaine was not a good look. 2007, Nikki Turner, 50 Cent, Death Before Dishonor:
    • These distinguished scholars, lawyers, and activists are charged with generating high-minded deliberation about what is fit and proper for Facebook to host. It’s a good look for Facebook—as long as no one looks too closely. 2020, Siva Vaidhyanathan, “Facebook and the Folly of Self-Regulation”, in Wired:
  2. (no-plural) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, look.