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1 inelegant
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2 inelegant
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3 inelegant
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4 inelegant
[in'eliɡənt](not graceful; not elegant: She was sprawled in a chair in a most inelegant fashion.) inélégant- inelegance -
5 graceless
['greɪslɪs]adjective [manner] inélégant; [city, person] dépourvu de charme -
6 undignified
[ʌn'dɪgnɪfaɪd]adjective [behaviour, fate, person] indigne; [haste, language] choquant; [position] inélégant -
7 unladylike
[ʌn'leɪdɪlaɪk]adjective inélégant -
8 graceless
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9 undignified
undignified adj [behaviour, fate, failure, name, person] indigne ; [haste, language] choquant ; [position] inélégant ; it is undignified to do il est indigne de faire. -
10 unladylike
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11 dowdy
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12 unglamorous
unglamorous [‚ʌn'glæmərəs]∎ an unglamorous but highly talented actress une actrice sans apprêt mais pleine de talent(b) (unexciting → lifestyle) sans éclat; (→ career) sans éclat, peu prestigieux; (→ show, place) sans attraitUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > unglamorous
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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