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inelegance

[in-el-i-guhns] / ɪnˈɛl ɪ gəns /














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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

Yet Aunt Maude's plumpness was not the plumpness of inelegance.

From Mistress Anne by F. Vaux (Francis Vaux) Wilson




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