inelegance
Example Sentences
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Once a showcase of American power, the Oval Office has now become a shrine to inelegance.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
Watching Ron live out this double-consciousness immediately triggered vivid memories of my own management of double consciousness — conducting that tricky dance that leaves no room for inelegance.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2018
Is it possible that the slogan’s ungrammatical inelegance is part of that rebuke?
From Slate ● May 7, 2018
“It was OK to show the inelegance of the juggle … having those cameras around when you’re putting your kids to bed at night.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
A man writing against time may be driven to dulness, or commonplace, or inelegance of style; but he need never commit any of the faults just noticed.
From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George
