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inelegant
[ in-el-i-guhnt ]
adjective
- not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
inelegant
/ ɪ²Ôˈɛ±ôɪɡə²Ô³Ù /
adjective
- lacking in elegance or refinement; unpolished or graceless
- coarse or crude
Derived Forms
- ¾±²Ôˈ±ð±ô±ð²µ²¹²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
- ¾±²Ôˈ±ð±ô±ð²µ²¹²Ô³¦±ð, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ô·±ð±ôÄ·²µ²¹²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of inelegant1
Example Sentences
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.
“This whole angled camera thing is very weird. It’s inelegant. It’s strange.â€
His change of mind on New Zealand's haka – which he initially branded "ridiculous" earlier this month – was just the latest inelegant public u-turn.
The 2024 election will test again whether this inelegant compromise by the founders stands up to the assertion once made by Attorney General Ramsey Clark: “Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.â€
In a single-star review, the Guardian's Benjamin Lee called the film "as dumb and schlocky as the worst of the genre, with lousy network TV effects, uninvolving action and unfunny and inelegant dialogue".
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