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Definition of Inelegant

1. Adjective. Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste.

Definition of Inelegant

1. a. Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

Definition of Inelegant

1. Adjective. Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision. ¹

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Definition of Inelegant

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inelegant

Literary usage of Inelegant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1871)
"inelegant EXTRACTS. '' Yes," said Philip Vane, " I understand all that, of course, ... inelegant EXTRACTS. J SOME amusing, and I think not altogether ..."

2. The Romance of the American Theatre by Mary Caroline Crawford (1913)
"so inelegant that the " matinee girls " of his day failed in admiration of him. A susceptible " duke's daughter " was generally known to be quite beside ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1869)
"The arrangement was perhaps inelegant, especially for dwellings, but appeared to have claims to attention, as one of the processes for economical lighting, ..."

4. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art. by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Wm Ripley Nichols, Charles R Cross (1869)
"The arrangement was perhaps inelegant, especially for dwellings, but appeared to have claims to attention, as one of the processes for economical lighting, ..."

5. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong by Alfred Ayres (1882)
"This word, when used as a substantive, may at the best be accounted an inelegant abbreviation of luncheon. The dictionaries barely recognize it. ..."

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