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inelaborate

inelaborate adjective: not elaborate; crude; unfinished.

Adjective

inelaborate (comparative more inelaborate, superlative most inelaborate)

  1. Not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
    Synonyms:
    unelaborate

Synonyms of inelaborate

Forms of inelaborate

comparativemore inelaborate
superlativemost inelaborate

Origin of inelaborate

First attested in 1650; from in- + elaborate, from Latin ēlabōrātus.

Questions about inelaborate

What does inelaborate mean?
Inelaborate means not elaborate; crude; unfinished.
What part of speech is inelaborate?
Inelaborate is an adjective.

Words near inelaborate in the dictionary

  1. inegalitarian
  2. inegalitarianism
  3. inegalitarians
  4. inegality
  5. Inegöl
  6. inelaborate
  7. inelaborately
  8. inelastic
  9. inelastically
  10. inelasticities
  11. inelasticity

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