inelegant
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Warsh called that measure a “rough swag” or inelegant approximation because it leaves in too many other one-off distortions.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The necessary but perhaps inelegant design earned the Space Shuttle its own nickname: the “flying brick.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Hence the event's rather convoluted and inelegant official title.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
Plenty of the twists leading up to the last episode are idiotic, including a few scenes relying on CGI distractingly inelegant enough to border on repulsive.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025
He supposed he’d have to learn to write in cursive if he became a scythe, but right now he’d be stuck with inelegant, sloppy printing.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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