Read full poem →words used commonly upon low and trivial occasions, debased by vulgar
mouths, and contaminated by inelegant applications.
Dictionary Entry
Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. inelegantway inelegantphrase inelegantterm inelegantinelegant ratherinelegant somewhat
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “inelegant”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →His Imitation of Horace on Lucilius is not inelegant or unhappy. In the
reign of Charles the second began that adaptation, which has since been
Read full poem →Though the following lines of Donne, on the last night of the year, have
something in them too scholastick, they are not inelegant:
Read full poem →his, as applied to Reynolds, and to yourself. This, even when it does
not produce confusion, is always inelegant. I was, therefore, obliged to
drop it; so that we must be content, I fear, with the inscription as it