inelegance

in·el·e·gance

I0119800 (ĭn-ĕl′ĭ-gəns)n. Lack of refinement or polish.

in•el•e•gance

(ɪnˈɛl ɪ gəns)

n. 1. the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance. 2. something that is inelegant. [1720–30]

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Noun

inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good tastequality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearegracelessness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stiffness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)dowdiness, drabness, homeliness - having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegancemanginess, seediness, shabbiness, sleaziness - a lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothingtweediness - an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweedsgrossness, raunch, vulgarity, vulgarism, commonness, coarseness - the quality of lacking taste and refinementcrudeness, roughness - an unpolished unrefined quality; "the crudeness of frontier dwellings depressed her"uncouthness, boorishness - inelegance by virtue of being an uncouth boorostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, ostentation, puffiness, inflation - lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanitytastelessness - inelegance indicated by a lack of good tasteelegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility"

Translations

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inelegant

(inˈeligənt) adjective not graceful; not elegant. She was sprawled in a chair in a most inelegant fashion.不雅的inˈelegantly adverb不雅地inˈelegance noun不雅

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noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

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