Dictionary entry

Inelegant

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In‐el″e‐gant (?), a. [L. inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See In- not, and Elegant.] 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.