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inelegant

[ in-el-i-guhnt ]

adjective

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


inelegant

/ ɪˈɛɪɡəԳ /

adjective

  1. lacking in elegance or refinement; unpolished or graceless
  2. coarse or crude
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲵲Գٱ, adverb
  • ˈ𲵲Գ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ··Գ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inelegant1

First recorded in 1500–10, inelegant is from the Latin word ŧ𲵲Գ- (stem of ŧԲ ). See in- 3, elegant
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But the controversy over Newsom’s inelegant statement goes to the heart of the Democratic divide right now.

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Plenty of the twists leading up to the last episode are idiotic, including a few scenes relying on CGI distractingly inelegant enough to border on repulsive.

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“This whole angled camera thing is very weird. It’s inelegant. It’s strange.”

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His change of mind on New Zealand's haka – which he initially branded "ridiculous" earlier this month – was just the latest inelegant public u-turn.

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The 2024 election will test again whether this inelegant compromise by the founders stands up to the assertion once made by Attorney General Ramsey Clark: “Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.”

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