inelegant
adjective/ɪnˈelɪɡənt/
/ɪnˈelɪɡənt/
- not attractive
- an inelegant fall
- an inelegant phrase
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French inélégant, from Latin inelegant-, from in- ‘not’ + Latin elegant- ‘fastidious, refined’ (related to eligere ‘choose, select’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + legere ‘to pick’).Want to learn more?
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