ungraceful

American  

[uhn-greys-fuhl] / ʌnˈgreɪs fəl /

adjective

1. lacking charm or elegance; awkward.

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Other Word Forms

• ungracefully adverb
• ungracefulness noun

Etymology

Origin of ungraceful

First recorded in 1660–70; un- ¹ + graceful

Example Sentences

"Is there an ungraceful way to age? We don’t have an option of course. No one has an option about aging, so it’s not a positive or a negative thing, it just is."

From Fox News • Jul. 2, 2021

“He certainly exceeded what our expectations were going into the season,” Ausmus said earlier this month, around the time his team’s ungraceful fall out of playoff contention made Robles’ appearances increasingly rarer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2019

All that said, Cruz dominated the exchange, putting Quintanilla on his heels and prompting Harwood’s ungraceful rescue attempt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2015

But she couldn’t ease the ungraceful tension in the singer’s shoulders, which tended to creep up protectively around her chin.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2015

Rusty brown hair scrambled every which way on her head, and she walked with an ungraceful limp.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson