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[ in-el-i-guhnt ] / ɪnˈɛl ɪ gənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR inelegant ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste. Origin of inelegantFirst recorded in 1500–10, inelegant is from the Latin word inēlegant- (stem of inēlegāns). See in-3, elegant OTHER WORDS FROM inelegantin·el·e·gant·ly, adverbWords nearby inelegantinelastic demand, inelastic scattering, inelastic supply, inelegance, inelegancy, inelegant, ineligible, ineloquent, ineluctable, ineludible, inenarrable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for inelegantThe clothes, however, were a chaotic pastiche of fur and glitter assembled in inelegant ways. Paris Fall Fashion Week Ends With Vuitton and Kanye|Robin Givhan|March 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was Callista, officer, who forced her husband to make his inelegant comments on Medicare that infuriated the conservative base. Callista Gingrich Joins GOP’s Worst Wives Club|Matt Latimer|June 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST Its components were simple, inelegant, and, by Western standards, of seemingly workmanlike craftsmanship. The Story of Saddam's Gun Collection|C.J. Chivers|October 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Still, to quote an inelegant proverb, 'Too much cookery spoils the broth!' Ralph Wilton's weird|Mrs. Alexander
Anything that reveals a compromise with one's pocket is inelegant, as for instance, Berlin gloves. Mr. Punch At Home|Various As yet we have only entered into one room, the floor of which is formed of mosaic work, not inelegant. Naples Past and Present|Arthur H. Norway The border is of the early ivy-leaf pattern, stiff and not natural, but not inelegant as decoration. Palaeography|Bernard Quaritch The preceding attempt of Tatistchev was merely a rough sketch, inelegant in style, and without the true spirit of criticism. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6|Various
British Dictionary definitions for inelegant
adjectivelacking in elegance or refinement; unpolished or graceless coarse or crude Derived forms of inelegantinelegance or inelegancy, nouninelegantly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to inelegantawkward, coarse, crass, gauche, graceless, gross, indelicate, labored, oafish, raw, rough, rude, stiff, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungainly, ungraceful, unpolished, unrefined |