Inelegance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Lack of refinement or polish.
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  • n. The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
  • n. Anything inelegant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state or character of being inelegant; want of elegance or refinement; lack of any quality required by good taste.
  • n. That which is inelegant or ungraceful: as, inelegances of style.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
    • Equivalent
    inelegancy   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    quality   
    Hyponym
    shabbiness    pompousness    dowdiness    stiffness    homeliness    puffiness    gracelessness    crudeness    pomposity    raunch   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clumsiness    bluntness    awkwardness    homeliness    gracelessness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spit-and-polish    obtrusiveness    implausibility    retranslation    unluckiness    indiscrimination    choiceness    excoriation    huskiness    selectness   
     
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