Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an inelegant manner; ungracefully; rudely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an inelegant manner.

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  • adverb In an inelegant manner.

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  • adverb without elegance

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Examples

  • We were in what people call inelegantly, but accurately, "the killing fields", and that day we were to pass through places that saw the misery of two World Wars.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • The policy's inelegantly titled operating principle is called, "ecosystem- based coastal and marine spatial planning."

    David Helvarg: A Republican Leader Takes Aim at Ocean Protection David Helvarg 2011

  • After decades of effort, Hollywood is finally "plugging the analog hole," as it's inelegantly been called, thanks to new restrictions imposed by the licensing administrator for the AACS, the copy-protection scheme used in Blu-ray players.

    Goodbye, HD component video: Hollywood hastens the 'analog sunset' 2011

  • The other sensation Rollses are famous for is called, inelegantly, waftability: a sensation of effortless power, an inimitable feeling of gaining, rising, frictionless, mechanically multiplied self-determination as the driver buries a right foot into the shearing wool carpet.

    The Face of Green? Dan Neil 2011

  • And without some healthy cynicism, these inelegantly protracted negotiations could seriously compromise the prospect of a deal being struck in Durban.

    Jonathan Wootliff: Good News From Durban Jonathan Wootliff 2011

  • One inelegantly phrased exit poll Tuesday found 45% favored tax cuts or spending increases to help the economy while 39% made reducing the deficit a higher priority (which, except to some economic alchemists, means tax increases and spending cuts.)

    Math Test Ahead for GOP on Promised Spending Cuts David Wessel 2010

  • Margery snorted inelegantly before lifting her cup to blow across the hot liquid.

    Healing the Highlander Melissa Mayhue 2011

  • And without some healthy cynicism, these inelegantly protracted negotiations could seriously compromise the prospect of a deal being struck in Durban.

    Jonathan Wootliff: Good News From Durban Jonathan Wootliff 2011

  • But now we're in the narrowcasting world of ETFs, with funds tracking a multitude of sometimes obscure — and inelegantly named — indexes.

    Names to Fall Asleep By: ETF Initials Can Be a Puzzle Karen Damato 2010

  • And without some healthy cynicism, these inelegantly protracted negotiations could seriously compromise the prospect of a deal being struck in Durban.

    Jonathan Wootliff: Good News From Durban Jonathan Wootliff 2011

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