inelegant

Example Sentences

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The clank of this supposed breakthrough idea is as inelegant as the meandering storytelling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Hence the event's rather convoluted and inelegant official title.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Nabulsi, unfortunately, muddles the story with multiple subplots, some inelegant acting and contrived English-language dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

Its blade was dark, inelegant; the textured skin that covered the hilt was nearly black, as though many hands had held it over the decades.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo