graceless

[greys-lis]

adjective

1. lacking grace, pleasing elegance, or charm.

2. without any sense of right or propriety.

graceless

/ ˈɡreɪslɪs /

adjective

1. lacking any sense of right and wrong; depraved

2. lacking grace or excellence

Other Word Forms

• gracelessly adverb
• gracelessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of graceless¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; grace, -less

Example Sentences

Was “Boots” going to be “Private Benjamin,” some graceless sitcom about a misfit soldier?

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The theft — and its most coveted metal, bronze — belongs to a series of graceless robberies across the Southland and the country that have rendered streets dark, cemeteries without markers and public art destroyed.

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The new courthouse, despite its graceless tower, became Ritchie’s calling card.

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The film is so graceless and bizarre in its attempts at tugging at the viewer’s emotions that it often feels like a work of parody.

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He describes his co-star in The Piano, the American actor Harvey Keitel, as "truculent and difficult and a bit graceless".

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