01 a. Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.
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Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.“What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant.” — Milton.“It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant.” — Blair.