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

His change of mind on New Zealand's haka – which he initially branded "ridiculous" earlier this month – was just the latest inelegant public u-turn.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2024

He supposed he’d have to learn to write in cursive if he became a scythe, but right now he’d be stuck with inelegant, sloppy printing.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman