Was my sentence incorrect? Or inelegant? Or both? Or neither one nor the other?
Source: tatoeba (5545278)
Inelegant
//ɪnˈɛlɪɡənt//
Synonyms for "inelegant" (145 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (72)
loutishlowlubberlylumberinglumpishmaladroitmarredoafishobsceneoffensiveoutlandishplainponderousrawroughrudeshort on lookssloppyspoiledstiff
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tackytastelessuglifieduglyugly as hellugly as sinunaestheticunattractiveunbeautifulunbecomingunbeseeminguncivilizeduncomelyuncourtlyuncouthuncultivatedundignifieduneuphoniousunfelicitousunfittingungainlyungenteelungracefulunhandsomeunhandyunlovelyunpleasingunpolishedunprettyunrefinedunseemlyunsightlyunsuitableuntastefulunwieldyvulgar
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Antonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- inelegant adj (not elegant)
Czech
1 entries- neelegantní adj (not elegant)
Esperanto
2 entries- nedelikata adj (not elegant)
- plumpa adj (not elegant)
Finnish
3 entries- epäaistikas adj (not elegant)
- epäelegantti adj (not elegant)
- tyylitön adj (not elegant)
French
1 entries- inélégant adj (not elegant)
Galician
1 entries- inelegante adj (not elegant)
Ido
1 entries- ne-eleganta adj (not elegant)
Italian
1 entries- inelegante adj (not elegant)
Latin
2 entries- incōmptus adj (not elegant)
- inēlegāns adj (not elegant)
Norwegian
1 entries- uelegant adj (not elegant)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- ظرافتسز adj (not elegant)
Portuguese
2 entries- deselegante adj (not elegant)
- inelegante adj (not elegant)
Romanian
1 entries- inelegant adj (not elegant)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mì-innealta adj (not elegant)
Spanish
1 entries- inelegante adj (not elegant)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The slang is a metonymic but inelegant phrase.
Source: tatoeba (10649955)
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.
Source: wiktionary
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