Entry Word: graceless

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 lacking in physical ease and grace in movement or in the use of the hands <a graceless person who was a butterfingered lout when it came to playing basketball> — see clumsy 1
2 lacking social grace and assurance <was a graceless preteen but grew up to be a confident teenager> — see awkward 1
3 not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation <one guest made a graceless comment about the brideʼs hair> — see inappropriate