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1
lacking social grace and assurance
- inelegant teens still learning how to act at formal events
Synonyms for inelegant
- awkward,
- clumsy,
- gauche,
- graceless,
- rough-hewn,
- rustic
- (also rustical),
- stiff,
- stilted,
- uncomfortable,
- uneasy,
- ungraceful,
- wooden
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2
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste
- inelegant furniture that looked like it belonged in a budget motel
Synonyms for inelegant
- cheesy,
- dowdy,
- styleless,
- tacky,
- tasteless,
- ticky-tacky
- (also ticky-tack),
- trashy,
- unfashionable,
- unstylish
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“Inelegant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inelegant. Accessed 30 Nov. 2021.
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The first known use of inelegant was circa 1570
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