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Meaning of "inelegance" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INELEGANCE

ɪnˈelɪɡəns


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INELEGANCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inelegance is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INELEGANCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inelegance in the English dictionary

The definition of inelegance in the dictionary is a lack of elegance or refinement; unpolished nature or gracelessness. Other definition of inelegance is coarseness or crudeness.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INELEGANCE

appearance · arrogance · assistance · audience · balance · compliance · conference · confidence · difference · distance · elegance · evidence · experience · extravagance · imbalance · importance · influence · insurance · Lawrence · license

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INELEGANCE

inelaborate · inelaborately · inelastic · inelastically · inelasticity · inelegancy · inelegant · inelegantly · ineligibility · ineligible · ineligibleness · ineligibly · ineloquence · ineloquent · ineloquently · ineluctability · ineluctable · ineluctably · ineludible · ineludibly

WORDS THAT END LIKE INELEGANCE

acceptance · accordance · advance · alliance · assurance · chance · clearance · dance · enhance · entrance · finance · France · guidance · in advance · instance · on the chance · performance · relevance · romance · stand a chance

Synonyms and antonyms of inelegance in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «inelegance» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INELEGANCE

Find out the translation of inelegance to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of inelegance from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inelegance» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

inelegance
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

falta de elegancia
570 millions of speakers
en

English

inelegance
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

inelegance
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللاأناقة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

неэлегантности
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

inelegance
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অশোভনতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

inélégance
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Inelegance
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Uneleganz
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

inelegance
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

안 좋은
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Inelegance
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không tao nha
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

inelegance
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

असहायता
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

terbiyesizlik
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ineleganza
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

inelegance
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

неелегантно
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

inelegance
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακαλαισθησία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbevalligheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

inelegance
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

inelegance
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inelegance

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INELEGANCE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of inelegance
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inelegance

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INELEGANCE»

Discover the use of inelegance in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inelegance and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English: ...
(diannillyn) Tending to divert, or to be diverted oí inelegance. Diannillynez, r. m. ( diannillyn) A ftate diverted of inelegance, fmartnefs, or briíkneís. Diannillyniad, i. m. — ft. t. au (diannillyn) A diverting, or being diverted of inelegance. Diannillynu ...
William Owen Pughe, 1803
2
A Feast Of Laughter
2. Sartorial. Inelegance. s,. ii. ^F Thomas Alva Edison, one of the greatest inventive geniuses of all time, had scant regard for sartorial propriety. He nursed a strange aversion for fine clothes and looked capricious in his wrinkled linen duster ...
Judson K. Cornelius
3
Economies of Change: Form and Transformation in the ...
Of pride, indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference to a confusion of rank, bordered too much on inelegance of mind. He could be no judge, however, of the evil he was holding cheap- (i 52) Frank's sociability is lauded ...
Michal Peled Ginsburg, 1996
4
The Gentleman's Magazine (London, England)
How easy to express Virgil's fense as faithfully with less inelegance ! When, with the dark'ning frown of angry pride, Ib haughty tone, imperial Juno cried t Than am I vanquilh'd, stiall the Trojans gain / Triumphant empire on the Latian plain ?
‎1790
5
They Aren't, Until I Call Them: Performing the Subject in ...
self, James insists, which pre-existed her self-construction through dressing, allowing her a "sort of noble inelegance" (92): She couldnt dress it away, nor walk it away, nor read it away, nor think it away; she could neither smile it away in any ...
Enikő Bollobás, 2010
6
Developments in Israeli Public Administration
The government is cumbersome by virtue of the inelegance by which its institutions manage their power. The results are not all bad. Inelegance adds to opportunities for personal discretion and the humanity of the Israeli state even while it ...
Moshe Maor, 2014
7
A Dictionary of the English Language
INEFFICIENCY, (in-ef-fish'-en-se) n. t. Want of power ; inactivity. INEFFICIENT, (in -ef-fish-e'-ent) o. Inactive ; ineffective. INELEGANCE, (inelegance) \tu$. Ab- INELEGANCY, (inelegance) ) senceof beauty ; want of elegance. INELEGANT, ( in-el ...
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson, 1827
8
The Gentleman's Magazine
article prove hira to be a judge upon whom I may safely repose, as a competent arbiter on such a question. The " pretended inelegance of language," of which some captious mid delicate readers complain, is not a fa ult of primary importance ...
‎1815
9
Perspectives on Prescriptivism
At least in theory, a manly lack of polish continued to be an asset: some writers continue to exploit the link between inelegance and sincerity and integrity. An anonymous reviewer (Anon. 1779b) explicitly opposes the "elegant" to the "manly " in ...
Joan C. Beal, Carmela Nocera, Massimo Sturiale, 2008
10
The Gentleman's Magazine
How easv to express Virgil's fense at faithfully with left inelegance ! When, with the darkening frown os angry pride, In haughty tone, imperial Juno cried : Then am I vanquilh'd, shall ti e Trojanb gain Triumphant empire on the Latian plain r ...
John Nichols, 1790

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INELEGANCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inelegance is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Staying safe in South Texas summer heat
Dealing with the inelegance of sweat is a minor consequence of the hot weather. Each year heat-related deaths and illness are reported while ... «Aransas Pass Progress, Jul 15»
2
Kalu, It's Time to Let Go
Sir, I said you did not disappoint because the inelegance was still there, quite apart from the fact that the clause, "... ..some of the things WE ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
Tree of Codes, Manchester Opera House, review: Sometimes five …
... the gigantic mirror at the back of the set making us aware that we too, with all our inadequacies and inelegance, are part of this human story. «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Greece has captured its conqueror. Now the EU should forgive and …
The EU elite has handled it with charmless inelegance, threatening Greece even with the prospect of "suicide" (note: it would be the EU pulling ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Make removal of Confederate battle flag permanent
Sir, where is your inelegance and common since? The American flag is offensive to some and loved by others. When will you and the Wichita ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
6
Out, once and for all
Today, that same Joe Mizzi, apart from plummeting to the depths of sartorial inelegance (I'm a fine one to talk) because he seems to have ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
7
Pictures of Chinese People Scanning QR Codes
Partially, I think, because of its aesthetic inelegance, and partially because it seems fleeting. Like an AOL CD or a pianist at a silent film, the QR ... «Global Voices Online, Jun 15»
8
Supreme Court decision fixes 'inartful drafting' of Obamacare
... for fellow conservatives Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, said the court's job is not to guess what Congress meant, or to fix its inelegance. «Capital New York, Jun 15»
9
India threatened Zimbabwe team, attempt to destroy Pakistan's cricket
LAHORE (Web Desk) – Punjab's interior minister Shujaa Khanzada said on Tuesday that Indian inelegance agency RAW tried to stop ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jun 15»
10
KAT BERGERON: Summertime and the livin' is here
If judged by "my continual state of inelegance," summer spread its sheath of heat weeks ago. To my unscientific brain, summer is dictated by an ... «SunHerald.com, Jun 15»
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