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graceless

[ greys-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking grace, pleasing elegance, or charm.
  2. without any sense of right or propriety.


graceless

/ ˈɡ°ù±ðɪ²õ±ôɪ²õ /

adjective

  1. lacking any sense of right and wrong; depraved
  2. lacking grace or excellence
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ°ù²¹³Š±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²µ°ù²¹³Š±ð±ô±ð²õ²õ±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ°ù²¹³Š±ðl±ð²õ²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ²µ°ù²¹³Š±ðl±ð²õ²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of graceless1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; grace, -less
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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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In this coarse and graceless age, believing that our similarities eclipse our differences might be derided as Pollyannish.

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