adjective
- not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
adjective
- lacking in elegance or refinement; unpolished or graceless
- coarse or crude
c.1500, from French inélégant (15c.), from Latin inelegantem (nominative inelegans) “not choice, without taste, without judgment,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + elegans (see elegant). Related: Inelegantly; inelegance.