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Inelegant

Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

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Gauche 84% connected

Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

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Gauche 84% connected

Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

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Graceless 84% connected

Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.

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Graceless 84% connected

Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.

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Homely 84% connected

Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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Homely 84% connected

Belonging to, or having the characteristics of, home; domestic; familiar; intimate.

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Inelegance 74% connected

Alt. of Inelegancy

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Inelegance 74% connected

Alt. of Inelegancy

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Tactless 66% connected

Destitute of tact.

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Tactless 66% connected

Destitute of tact.

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Tasteless 66% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Tasteless 66% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Elegant 94% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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Elegant 94% connected

Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting…

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