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   In·el·e·gant

   /inˈeləɡ(ə)nt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement: "he came skidding to an inelegant halt" Similar unrefineduncouthunsophisticatedunpolisheduncultureduncultivatedgauchecrudeill-bredcoarsevulgarrudeimpoliteunmannerlyungracefulgracelessungainlyuncoordinatedgawkyganglingawkwardclumsylumberingblunderingineptunskillfulinexpertinformal:with two left feetlike a bull in a china shopOpposite refinedpoliteelegant

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French inélégant, from Latin inelegant-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin elegant- ‘fastidious, refined’ (see elegant).

   Derivatives

   • 1. inelegance noun
   • 2. inelegantly adverb

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