inelegant
Crude and clumsy
Inelegant describes something lacking grace, refinement, or polish.
An inelegant solution works but feels clumsy or unnecessarily complicated.
Inelegant prose is awkward or ungainly.
The word often implies that something functional falls short aesthetically or stylistically: The code was inelegant but it got the job done.
Lacking grace or ease
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
- gawkyAwkwardly tall and clumsy
fumbling · bumbling · stumbling · uncoordinated · maladroit · inept · blundering · ham-handed
Crudely ill-mannered
- loutishCrude and ill-mannered
- uncouthLacking good manners
- coarseRough in texture
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
indelicate · unmannered · graceless · tactless · blunt · brash · rude · impolite
Not processed or polished
- coarseRough in texture
- roughUneven in surface
- rawIn original state
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
rough-hewn · primitive · rustic · artless · unsophisticated · homespun · rudimentary · makeshift
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- gracelessLacking smoothness or charm
- lumberingMoving heavily and awkwardly
gawky · fumbling · bumbling · stumbling · uncoordinated · maladroit · inept · blundering · ham-handed · heavy-footed
boorish
Crudely ill-mannered
crass · indelicate · unmannered · graceless · tactless · blunt · brash · rude · impolite · ill-bred
unrefined
Not processed or polished
unpolished · rough-hewn · primitive · rustic · artless · unsophisticated · homespun · rudimentary · makeshift · cobbled
gaudy
Tastelessly ornate
tacky · cheap · chintzy · kitsch · gauche · tawdry · flashy · ostentatious · showy · overwrought
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, uncouth
- unstylishnessunstylish, unfashionable, tastelessness, dowdiness, frumpiness
- clumsyclumsy, awkward, bumbling, bungling, fumbling
- embarrassmentembarrassed, blush, humiliated, mortify, mortified
inelegantelegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
neat · clever · streamlined · economical · parsimonious