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

There is a kind of intentional inelegance, a stubborn awkwardness to Lynch’s work, something akin to outsider art, that keeps it from ever seeming glib,soulless or less than felt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2017

I find the poem affecting; I call it a good poem; but the writing has quite a bit of Hardy’s characteristic awkwardness and inelegance.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2013

He was very much disturbed by what he regarded as inelegance, and picturesque phrases or words were likely to give way to more commonplace ones.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.