"inelegant" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/ Audio: en-us-inelegant.ogg [US] Forms: more inelegant [comparative], most inelegant [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French inélégant, from Latin inēlegāns; equivalent to in- + elegant. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|inélégant}} Middle French inélégant, {{der|en|la|inēlegāns}} Latin inēlegāns, {{affix|en|in-|elegant}} in- + elegant Head templates: {{en-adj}} inelegant (comparative more inelegant, superlative most inelegant)
  1. Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision. Synonyms: passé, unchic, unfashionable, unelegant Synonyms (graceless): clumsy, graceless, haphazard Synonyms (unfashionable): démodé Translations (not elegant): inelegant (Catalan), neelegantní (Czech), nedelikata (Esperanto), epäaistikas (Finnish), epäelegantti (Finnish), tyylitön (Finnish), inélégant (French), inelegante (Galician), ne-eleganta (Ido), inelegante (Italian), incōmptus (Latin), inēlegāns (Latin), uelegant (Norwegian), deselegante (Portuguese), inelegante (Portuguese), inelegant (Romanian), mì-innealta (Scottish Gaelic), inelegante (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inelegant-en-adj-1HoDIT5D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-

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