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View synonyms for inelegant
inelegant
[in-el-i-guhnt]
adjective
not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
inelegant
/ ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt /
adjective
lacking in elegance or refinement; unpolished or graceless
coarse or crude
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Other Word Forms
- inelegantly adverb
- inelegance noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inelegant1
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Example Sentences
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The victory was inelegant, but this wasn’t about style.
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The victory was inelegant, but this wasn’t about style.
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Hence the event's rather convoluted and inelegant official title.
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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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