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

That and the company’s ungraceful name, an acronym for American Family Life Assurance Co.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Literature

Occasionally, the dialogue is ungraceful in connecting the lines between past and present.

From Washington Post

"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

And that ungraceful exit, my friends, is what makes the loss of Grapes far less sour to bear.

From The Guardian