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adj. - Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste.

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Usage examples (32)
  • RICHARDSON: I was called inelegant recently, maybe that's adequate.
  • The profile speaks here and there of Roberts '"inelegant" style.
  • He compares "inelegant" men to decimals as though being gauche makes them less than whole, "not quite zeros and not altogether numerals."
  • Ato Kwamena Dadzie: GT & Vodafone - The 'inelegant' probe
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