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Recent Examples of graceless Still, Trump should want her endorsement and should be trying to woo her — and those voters — instead of engaging in his typically graceless behavior. The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2024 In a neighborhood filled with exceptional civic architecture, the building looked all the more graceless beside Arthur Erickson’s monumental Canadian Embassy and across the street from John Russell Pope’s magisterial National Gallery of Art and I.M. Pei’s East Building. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 17 Nov. 2023 The other band members were gracious and discreet, but enough was said to leave the impression of a faintly aristocratic Reed who was graceless and intransigent. Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 Ruscha’s photographs—deliberately graceless taxonomies of parking lots, swimming pools, palm trees, and the like—seem thin by comparison, lacking the paintings’ dialectic of innocence and wit. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for graceless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for graceless
Adjective
  • Imagine being cuddled by long-legged, clumsy poodles.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 20 Apr. 2025
  • That’s — actually kind of genius, especially if the Poet was a clumsy fella who needed that kind of precautionary measure.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Not only is this uncomfortable, but scratching (which is hard to resist) can increase the risk of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation.
    Sierra Leone Starks, Allure, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Because that bigger picture is a murky, uncomfortable state.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Mickey Rourke was removed from the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after further usage of inappropriate language.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Lewin has insisted there was nothing inappropriate about this visit.
    Nick Tabor, Curbed, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • For introverts who might naturally lean toward a prevention focus—fearing rejection or awkward interactions—consciously developing a promotion focus can transform their job search approach.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Comments A little case of mistaken identity took an awkward turn for Luke Bryan recently.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Courts and Compliance In terms of the legal battles over Trump's moves, people widely rejected the administration's accusations of improper judicial interference.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Graham was arrested shortly before 4:45 p.m. and charged with engaging police in pursuit, operating an unregistered motor vehicle, improper use of a marker plate, operation without minimum insurance, unsafe passing and operating a motor vehicle without a license.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Consumer sentiment and expectations Americans are feeling uneasy about the economy, and that is showing up in the data.
    Russ Wiles, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Still, Ruark is increasingly uneasy about the future.
    Catherine Baab, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Olivia Heller/The Hustle For-profit developers, for one thing, often find church and synagogue properties unsuitable for redevelopment.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Such glues and taped seams make Gore-tex jackets unsuitable for chemical recycling.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Something long and meandering like this: For the next four years, the United States will be an unpredictable, unsteady global superpower run by a fascist oligarchy, in which the people’s representatives cater to a madman’s whim.
    Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • An unsteady job market has contributed to rising scrutiny around large corporations, also a driving theme of the season.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Graceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graceless. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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