Definitions

inelegant

[in-el-i-guhnt] / ɪnˈɛl ɪ gənt /

ADJECTIVE

clumsy, crude

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward coarse crass gauche graceless gross indelicate labored oafish raw rough rude stiff uncouth uncultivated uncultured ungainly ungraceful unpolished unrefined vulgar wooden

Antonyms

WEAK

elegant glamorous graceful refined sophisticated

Example Sentences

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Inelegant is too mild a word for it; even distasteful doesn't quite cover it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Inelegant as it is, it exactly expresses the situation.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham