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inelegant

[ in-el-i-guh nt ]

/ ɪnˈɛl ɪ gənt /

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adjective

not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.

Origin of inelegant

First recorded in 1500–10, inelegant is from the Latin word inēlegant- (stem of inēlegāns). See in-³, elegant

OTHER WORDS FROM inelegant

in·el·e·gant·ly, adverb

Words nearby inelegant

inelastic demand, inelastic scattering, inelastic supply, inelegance, inelegancy, inelegant, ineligible, ineloquent, ineluctable, ineludible, inenarrable

Example sentences from the Web for inelegant

The 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

inelegant

/ (ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt) /

adjective

lacking in elegance or refinement; unpolished or graceless

coarse or crude

Derived forms of inelegant

inelegance or inelegancy, noun inelegantly, adverb