inelegant

Pronunciation:		in'elugunt
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Matching Terms:		inelegance, inelegantly
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adj] lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

	Synonyms:	gauche, graceless, homely, unpolished

	Antonyms:	elegant

	See Also:	in poor taste(p), tactless, tasteless, undignified, unrefined, untactful

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Inel"egant\, a. [L. inelegans: cf. F. in['e]l['e]gant. See {In-} not, and {Elegant}.] Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires. What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant. --Milton. It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant. --Blair.

Thesaurus Terms

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