- inelegant
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adjective
awkward, base, boorish, churlish, cloddish, coarse, common, crass, crude, earthy, graceless, gross, homely, homespun, ill-bred, ill-mannered, improper, in bad taste, indecorous, indelicate, inelegans, inurbanus, invenustus, lacking elegance, lacking good taste, lacking grace, lacking refinement, low, offensive, ribald, rough, rude, rustic, tasteless, uncourtly, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, undignified, ungainly, ungenteel, ungraceful, unkempt, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, unseemly, untasteful, vulgar, without taste
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disreputable, imperfect, inferior (lower in quality), pedestrian, tawdry, uncouth, unseemly
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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inélégant — inélégant, ante [ inelegɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1500; lat. inelegans ♦ Qui n est pas élégant. Une silhouette inélégante. ⇒ disgracieux. « Mon malheureux nom de famille, si inélégant » (Baudelaire). Qui manque de délicatesse, de correction. ⇒ incorrect,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
inelegant — INELEGÁNT, Ă, ineleganţi, te, adj. (Rar) Care nu este elegant în vorbire, în purtare etc.; neelegant. – Din fr. inélégant. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98 inelegánt adj. m. (sil. mf. in ) elegant Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa … Dicționar Român
inélégant — inélégant, ante (i né lé gan, gan t ) adj. Qui n est pas élégant. • Les conseils qu un auteur peut recevoir d un homme du monde sur un tour de phrase inélégant, DIDER. Sur Térence.. • Qu ils sont lourds ces arbres épais, négligés, inélégants … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Inelegant — In*el e*gant, 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. [1913 Webster] What order so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inelegant — (adj.) c.1500, from Fr. inélégant (15c.), from L. inelegantem (nom. inelegans) not choice, without taste, without judgment, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + elegans (see ELEGANT (Cf. elegant)). Related: Inelegantly; inelegance … Etymology dictionary
inelegant — [in el′ə gənt] adj. [Fr inélégant < L inelegans] not elegant; lacking refinement, good taste, grace, etc.; coarse; crude inelegantly adv … English World dictionary
inelegant — [adj] clumsy, crude awkward, coarse, crass, gauche, graceless, gross, indelicate, labored, oafish, raw, rough, rude, stiff*, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungainly, ungraceful, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wooden*; concepts 267,542,555 Ant … New thesaurus
inelegant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking elegance or refinement. DERIVATIVES inelegance noun inelegantly adverb … English terms dictionary
inelegant — adj. inelegant to + inf. (it was inelegant to phrase the request in that manner) * * * [ɪn elɪgənt] inelegant to + inf. (it was inelegant to phrase the request in that manner) … Combinatory dictionary
inelegant — [[t]ɪne̱lɪgənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that something is inelegant, you mean that it is not attractive or graceful. The grand piano has been replaced with a small, inelegant electric model. Ant: elegant … English dictionary