inelegant

Example Sentences

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The necessary but perhaps inelegant design earned the Space Shuttle its own nickname: the “flying brick.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

The clank of this supposed breakthrough idea is as inelegant as the meandering storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Shock can be great even when done for shock’s sake, but when it’s clumsily smashed against an otherwise serious story, both elements are weakened by the awkward, inelegant force at which they collide.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025

Hence the event's rather convoluted and inelegant official title.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Lexie perched at the counter, inelegant in sweatpants and a tee, hair clipped in an untidy bun, picking sesame seeds off a bagel.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng