inelegant
adjective
in·el·e·gant
(ˌ)i-ˈne-li-gənt 
: lacking in refinement, grace, or good taste
inelegantly
adverb
Examples of inelegant in a Sentence
inelegant teens still learning how to act at formal events
inelegant furniture that looked like it belonged in a budget motel
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Director Benedict Andrews has adapted the text with a heavy, though not inelegant, push toward contemporary British rhythms and mores, and the ensemble gets the street-clothes-with-a-nod-to-character treatment.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The obvious fix is a little bit of duct tape, an inelegant but quick repair with a resource that most households already have on hand.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.
—Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
The obvious fix is a little bit of duct tape, an inelegant but quick repair with a resource that most households already have on hand.
—PC Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.
—Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Inelegant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inelegant. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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inelegant
adjective
in·el·e·gant
(ˈ)in-ˈel-i-gənt
: lacking in grace or good taste
inelegantly
adverb
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