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inelegance

inelegance noun: the state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.

Noun

inelegance (usually uncountable, plural inelegances)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
    • The inelegance of the ugly duckling stood in contrast to its ultimate life as a swan.

inelegance meaning in Urdu

inelegance in Urdu

بداسلوبی, بےڈھنگا پن, بھدا پن, بھونڈا پن

Synonyms of inelegance

All synonyms of inelegance

Forms of inelegance

pluralinelegances

Origin of inelegance

From Middle French inélégance, from Late Latin inelegantia.

Questions about inelegance

What does inelegance mean?
Inelegance means the state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
What is inelegance in Urdu?
Inelegance in Urdu is بداسلوبی, بےڈھنگا پن, بھدا پن. See Inelegance meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is inelegance?
Inelegance is a noun.
What is the plural of inelegance?
The plural of inelegance is inelegances.

Words near inelegance in the dictionary

  1. inelastically
  2. inelasticities
  3. inelasticity
  4. inelative
  5. inelative case
  6. inelegance
  7. inelegances
  8. inelegancies
  9. inelegancy
  10. inelegant
  11. inelegantly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inelegance (page history and authors); inelegance (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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