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inelegant

adj
/ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from inēlegāns
  2. derived from inélégant

Definitions

  1. Not elegant

    Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inelegant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at inelegant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at inelegant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA