inelegant

See also: inélégant

English

Alternative forms

• unelegant

Etymology

From Middle French inélégant, from Latin inēlegāns; equivalent to in- +‎ elegant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

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Adjective

inelegant (comparative more inelegant, superlative most inelegant)

1. Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.
   • 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     There was still time amid the drama for Ashley Cole to almost mark his 97th cap with a goal but the erratic Pyatov made a fine recovery save after another inelegant attempt to deal with a cross.

Synonyms

• (unfashionable): démodé, passé, unchic; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
• (graceless): clumsy, graceless, haphazard

Translations

not elegant

• Catalan: inelegant
• Czech: neelegantní
• Esperanto: nedelikata, plumpa (eo)
• Finnish: epäaistikas, epäelegantti, tyylitön (fi)
• French: inélégant (fr)
• Galician: inelegante (gl)
• Ido: ne-eleganta
• Italian: inelegante (it)
• Latin: incōmptus, inēlegāns
• Norwegian: uelegant
• Portuguese: deselegante (pt), inelegante
• Romanian: inelegant (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: mì-innealta
• Spanish: inelegante

Anagrams

• Galentine, eglantine, elegantin, legantine

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inēlegantem.

Adjective

inelegant m or f (masculine and feminine plural inelegants)

1. inelegant

   Antonym: elegant

Related terms

• elegant
• inelegància

Further reading

• “inelegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inelegant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “inelegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inélégant. Equivalent to in- +‎ elegant.

Adjective

inelegant m or n (feminine singular inelegantă, masculine plural ineleganți, feminine and neuter plural inelegante)

1. inelegant

Declension

Declension of inelegant

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	inelegant		inelegantă		ineleganți	inelegante
	definite	inelegantul		ineleganta		ineleganții	inelegantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	inelegant		inelegante		ineleganți	inelegante
	definite	inelegantului		inelegantei		ineleganților	inelegantelor