inelegant

Example Sentences

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According to Sharon’s program notes, the idea behind this inelegant shuffle play was to create a “visual depiction of interwoven humanity.”

From Washington Post

The work of accepting this is inelegant and often challenging.

From New York Times

Unlike “Hero,” with its retina-tickling bursts of color, “Full River Red,” while as impeccably mounted as all of Zhang’s work, has a more functional, inelegant look.

From Los Angeles Times

As they watched or eventually didn’t, a rugged bunch of Bulldogs sprinkled the field with both the elegant plays and inelegant stops necessary to elevate their college football to among the finest forms yet seen.

From Washington Post

Motorik has become almost synonymous with krautrock, the inelegant term coined by the British press to lump together the groups emerging from Germany at the time, but “Neu!” is an album built on contrasts.

From Washington Post