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How a minimalist's room might be considered ugly? (3,4,2,4,2)

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I believe the answer is:

not much to look at

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'how a minimalist's room might' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'be considered ugly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'be' could be 'lookat' (looking at is a kind of being) and 'lookat' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for not much to look at that I've seen before include "Euphemism for someone who is unattractive" , "plain" , "Little in prospect" , "situation requiring a microscope?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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