inelegance

  • 11inelegance — inelegant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking elegance or refinement. DERIVATIVES inelegance noun inelegantly adverb …

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  • 12inelegance — noun Date: 1726 lack of elegance …

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  • 13inelegance — /in el i geuhns/, n. 1. the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance. 2. something that is inelegant or ungraceful. [1720 30; INELEG(ANT) + ANCE] * * * …

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  • 14inelegance — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, awkwardness, bad taste, boorishness, bourgeois taste, bumblingness, cacophony, camp, campiness, clownishness, clumsiness, cumbersomeness, defacement, disfigurement, dysphemism, gawkiness, gawkishness,… …

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  • 15inelegance — in·el·e·gance || ɪn elɪgÉ™ns n. lack of elegance, lack of grace, lack of refinement, clumsiness; something which lacks elegance …

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  • 16inelegance — in·elegance …

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  • 17inelegance — in•el•e•gance [[t]ɪnˈɛl ɪ gəns[/t]] n. 1) the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance 2) something that is inelegant • Etymology: 1720–30 …

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  • 18inelegance — /ɪnˈɛləgəns/ (say in eluhguhns) noun 1. the state or character of being inelegant; lack of elegance. 2. that which is inelegant or ungraceful …

  • 19inelegance — noun the quality of lacking refinement and good taste • Ant: ↑elegance • Derivationally related forms: ↑inelegant • Hypernyms: ↑quality • Hyponyms: ↑awkwardness, ↑ …

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  • 20Inelegances — Inelegance In*el e*gance, Inelegancy In*el e*gan*cy, n.; pl. {Inelegances}, {Inelegancies}. [L. inelegantia: cf. F. in[ e]l[ e]gance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or… …

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