Definitions for inelegant

inelegant in·el·e·gant

Spelling: [in-el-i-guh nt]
IPA: /ɪnˈɛl ɪ gənt/

Inelegant is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 351 anagrams from letters in inelegant (aeegilnnt).

Definitions for inelegant

adjective

  1. not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.

Origin of inelegant

First recorded in 1500-10, inelegant is from the Latin word inēlegant- (stem of inēlegāns). See in-3, elegant

Examples for inelegant

The clothes, however, were a chaotic pastiche of fur and glitter assembled in inelegant ways.

It was a most inelegant attitude, and peculiarly exasperating to Mrs. Caldwell.

It was Callista, officer, who forced her husband to make his inelegant comments on Medicare that infuriated the conservative base.

“Convinced nothing,” was the inelegant reply of his new ward.

His movements and carriage were not inelegant, but there was a certain retinue wanting.

If inelegant expressions should be eschewed, what shall be said of profanity?

They were built of unhewn stone, but solid, and not inelegant.

It is often seen in pictures and portraits.403 It is inelegant and destitute of meaning.

The use of this word in the sense of determined is not only inelegant but indefensible.

Its components were simple, inelegant, and, by Western standards, of seemingly workmanlike craftsmanship.

Word Value for inelegant
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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