UNGRACEFUL

graceless, ungraceful

(adjective) lacking grace; clumsy; “a graceless production of the play”; “his stature low...his bearing ungraceful”- Sir Walter Scott

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

ungraceful (comparative more ungraceful, superlative most ungraceful)

(colloquial, nonstandard) Not graceful; lacking grace.

Source: Wiktionary


Un*grace"ful, a.

Definition: Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful trunk. Sir W. Scott.

– Un*grace"ful*ly, adv.

– Un*grace"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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