inelegant

• unelegant

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

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

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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.

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

• Galentine, eglantine, elegantin, legantine

Borrowed from Latin inēlegantem.

inelegant m or f (masculine and feminine plural inelegants)

1. inelegant

   Antonym: elegant

• elegant
• inelegància

• “inelegant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “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.

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

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

1. inelegant