Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inelegant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inelegant \In*el"e*gant\, a. [L. inelegans: cf. F.
in['e]l['e]gant. See {In-} not, and {Elegant}.]
Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave,
or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste
requires.

What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well
joined, inelegant. --Milton.

It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and
inelegant. --Blair.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inelegant
adj : lacking in refinement or grace or good taste [ant: {elegant}]


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