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inelegant

  • 1 inelegant

    adjective
    1) unelegant; schwerfällig [Bewegung, Gang]
    2) (unrefined, unpolished) ungeschliffen (abwertend)
    * * *
    [in'eliɡənt]
    (not graceful; not elegant: She was sprawled in a chair in a most inelegant fashion.) unelegant
    - academic.ru/88195/inelegantly">inelegantly
    - inelegance
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    in·el·egant
    [ɪˈnelɪgənt, AM esp ˌɪnˈel-]
    1. (unattractive) unelegant, wenig elegant; surroundings, appearance ohne [jeden] Schick nach n; speech holprig
    his new flat is totally \inelegant seine neue Wohnung hat absolut keinen Schick
    2. (unrefined) ungeschliffen; gesture, movement plump
    * * *
    [In'elɪgənt]
    adj
    unelegant; clothes, person also ohne Schick or Eleganz; style also schwerfällig, unausgewogen; prose, phrase also ungeschliffen, plump, schwerfällig; dialect derb, schwerfällig
    * * *
    inelegant adj (adv inelegantly) unelegant
    * * *
    adjective
    1) unelegant; schwerfällig [Bewegung, Gang]
    2) (unrefined, unpolished) ungeschliffen (abwertend)
    * * *
    adj.
    geschmacklos adj.
    unelegant adj.

    English-german dictionary > inelegant

  • 2 inelegant

    in·el·egant [ɪʼnelɪgənt, Am esp ˌɪnʼel-] adj
    1) ( unattractive) unelegant, wenig elegant; surroundings, appearance ohne [jeden] Schick nach n; speech holprig;
    his new flat is totally \inelegant seine neue Wohnung hat absolut keinen Schick
    2) ( unrefined) ungeschliffen; gesture, movement plump

    English-German students dictionary > inelegant

  • 3 clumsy

    adjective
    1) (awkward) schwerfällig, unbeholfen [Person, Bewegungen]; plump [Form, Figur]; tollpatschig [Heranwachsender]
    2) (ill-contrived) plump [Verse, Nachahmung]; unbeholfen [Worte]; primitiv [Vorrichtung, Maschine]
    3) (tactless) plump
    * * *
    (awkward in movement etc: He's very clumsy - he's always dropping things.) ungeschickt
    - academic.ru/85443/clumsily">clumsily
    - clumsiness
    * * *
    clum·sy
    [ˈklʌmzi]
    1. (bungling) ungeschickt, unbeholfen
    \clumsy attempt plumper Versuch
    \clumsy idiot Tollpatsch m hum fam
    to look \clumsy plump [o klobig] wirken
    3. (unwieldy) unförmig, klobig
    \clumsy to use unhandlich
    4. LIT schwerfällig, unbeholfen
    \clumsy verse plumper Vers
    * * *
    ['klʌmzɪ]
    adj (+er)
    1) ungeschickt; (= all thumbs also) tollpatschig; (= ungainly) schwerfällig
    2) (= unwieldy) plump; tool also wuchtig, klobig; shape also unförmig, klobig; (= inelegant) prose, translation etc schwerfällig, unbeholfen; (= careless) mistake dumm
    3) (= awkward, tactless) plump, ungeschickt
    * * *
    clumsy adj (adv clumsily) plump:
    a) ungeschickt, unbeholfen:
    clumsy hands ungeschickte Hände;
    a clumsy excuse eine plumpe Ausrede;
    a clumsy forgery eine plumpe Fälschung
    b) schwerfällig (Person, Stil etc)
    c) taktlos (Witz etc)
    d) unförmig
    * * *
    adjective
    1) (awkward) schwerfällig, unbeholfen [Person, Bewegungen]; plump [Form, Figur]; tollpatschig [Heranwachsender]
    2) (ill-contrived) plump [Verse, Nachahmung]; unbeholfen [Worte]; primitiv [Vorrichtung, Maschine]
    3) (tactless) plump
    * * *
    adj.
    plump adj.
    schwerfällig adj.
    unbeholfen adj. n.
    Tollpatschig m.

    English-german dictionary > clumsy

  • 4 graceless

    grace·less
    [ˈgreɪsləs]
    1. (inelegant) clothes ohne jede Eleganz nach n; gait plump, schwerfällig
    2. (impolite) unhöflich, taktlos
    * * *
    ['greIslɪs]
    adj
    1) (ECCL) ruchlos, gottlos
    2) (= unattractive) building reizlos
    3) (= rude) schroff; person, behaviour ungehobelt, schroff; (= lacking charm) teenager linkisch
    * * *
    graceless adj (adv gracelessly)
    1. ungraziös, reizlos, unelegant
    2. obs verworfen, lasterhaft
    * * *
    adj.
    reizlos adj.

    English-german dictionary > graceless

  • 5 undignified

    adjective

    consider it undignified to do something — es für unter seiner Würde halten, etwas zu tun

    * * *
    un·dig·ni·fied
    [ʌnˈdɪgnɪfaɪd]
    adj unwürdig, würdelos
    * * *
    [ʌn'dIgnIfaɪd]
    adj
    person, behaviour würdelos; (= inelegant) way of sitting etc unelegant

    he was never afraid of appearing undignified — er hatte keine Angst, seine Würde zu verlieren

    * * *
    undignified adj unwürdig, würdelos
    * * *
    adjective

    consider it undignified to do something — es für unter seiner Würde halten, etwas zu tun

    * * *
    adj.
    würdelos adj.

    English-german dictionary > undignified

  • 6 graceless

    grace·less [ʼgreɪsləs] adj
    1) ( inelegant) clothes ohne jede Eleganz nach n; gait plump, schwerfällig
    2) ( impolite) unhöflich, taktlos

    English-German students dictionary > graceless

См. также в других словарях:

  • inélégant — inélégant, ante [ inelegɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1500; lat. inelegans ♦ Qui n est pas élégant. Une silhouette inélégante. ⇒ disgracieux. « Mon malheureux nom de famille, si inélégant » (Baudelaire). Qui manque de délicatesse, de correction. ⇒ incorrect,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • inelegant — INELEGÁNT, Ă, ineleganţi, te, adj. (Rar) Care nu este elegant în vorbire, în purtare etc.; neelegant. – Din fr. inélégant. Trimis de valeriu, 21.07.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  inelegánt adj. m. (sil. mf. in ) elegant Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • inélégant — inélégant, ante (i né lé gan, gan t ) adj. Qui n est pas élégant. •   Les conseils qu un auteur peut recevoir d un homme du monde sur un tour de phrase inélégant, DIDER. Sur Térence.. •   Qu ils sont lourds ces arbres épais, négligés, inélégants …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 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. [1913 Webster] What order so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • inelegant — (adj.) c.1500, from Fr. inélégant (15c.), from L. inelegantem (nom. inelegans) not choice, without taste, without judgment, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + elegans (see ELEGANT (Cf. elegant)). Related: Inelegantly; inelegance …   Etymology dictionary

  • inelegant — [in el′ə gənt] adj. [Fr inélégant < L inelegans] not elegant; lacking refinement, good taste, grace, etc.; coarse; crude inelegantly adv …   English World dictionary

  • inelegant — I adjective awkward, base, boorish, churlish, cloddish, coarse, common, crass, crude, earthy, graceless, gross, homely, homespun, ill bred, ill mannered, improper, in bad taste, indecorous, indelicate, inelegans, inurbanus, invenustus, lacking… …   Law dictionary

  • inelegant — [adj] clumsy, crude awkward, coarse, crass, gauche, graceless, gross, indelicate, labored, oafish, raw, rough, rude, stiff*, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, ungainly, ungraceful, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wooden*; concepts 267,542,555 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • inelegant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking elegance or refinement. DERIVATIVES inelegance noun inelegantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • inelegant — adj. inelegant to + inf. (it was inelegant to phrase the request in that manner) * * * [ɪn elɪgənt] inelegant to + inf. (it was inelegant to phrase the request in that manner) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • inelegant — [[t]ɪne̱lɪgənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that something is inelegant, you mean that it is not attractive or graceful. The grand piano has been replaced with a small, inelegant electric model. Ant: elegant …   English dictionary

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