inelegant

[US]/ɪn'elɪg(ə)nt/
[UK]/ɪn'ɛlɪɡənt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. uten elegant eller sirlig; rå; mangler eleganse.

Example Sentences

an inelegant bellow of laughter.

et ufint groll av latter.

an inelegant and complex piece of legislation.

en uønsket og kompleks lov.

he came skidding to an inelegant halt.

han kom skliende til en ufint stopp.

Her handwriting is quite inelegant.

Hennes håndskrift er ganske ufint.

He gave an inelegant speech at the conference.

Han holdt et ufint foredrag på konferansen.

The design of the building is rather inelegant.

Bygningens utforming er ganske ufint.

She wore an inelegant dress to the party.

Hun gikk i en ufint kjole til festen.

His inelegant behavior embarrassed everyone.

Hans ufine oppførsel skamset alle.

The software's interface is inelegant and difficult to navigate.

Programvarens grensesnitt er ufint og vanskelig å navigere.

The restaurant's decor was inelegant and outdated.

Restaurangens innredning var ufint og utdatert.

She spoke in an inelegant manner that offended some guests.

Hun snakket på en ufint måte som fornærmet noen gjester.

The inelegant solution to the problem only caused more issues.

Den ufine løsningen på problemet forårsaket bare flere problemer.

His inelegant dance moves drew laughs from the audience.

Hans ufine dansetrinn fikk publikum til å le.

Real-world Examples

Yeah, the math is so inelegant.

Ja, regnestykket er så rotete.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

To Jobs, it looked messy and inelegant. A lot of the work was done by hand.

For Jobs så det rotet og rotete ut. En stor del av arbeidet ble gjort for hånd.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

Still think my Python scripting is inelegant and inefficient, Bryan?

Tror fortsatt at Python-skriptene mine er rotete og ineffektive, Bryan?

Source: MBTI Personality Types Guide

But the shuttle is now over. The ISS is due to be de-orbited, in the inelegant jargon of the field, in 2020.

Men romfergen er nå over. ISS skal ifjell det rotete fagspråket, fjernes fra bane i 2020.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

People will say this, but it can be seen as inelegant or not very sophisticated if you write it.

Folk vil si dette, men det kan ses som rotet eller ikke veldig sofistikert hvis du skriver det.

Source: Engvid-Jade Course Collection

It was an inelegant trap, obvious and vulgar, and the noise of the machines had a horrible mechanical ugliness which beat at the brain.

Det var en rotet felle, åpenbar og vulgær, og maskinene lagde en forferdelig mekanisk stygghet som slo mot hjernen.

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 2)

Rather, we had always felt ashamed of the inelegant, unfashionable furniture of his reception-rooms, especially when he had the magistrate, or any other European, as his guest.

Tvert imot hadde vi alltid skammet oss over de rotete, utelukkende møblene i hans mottaksrom, spesielt når han hadde dommeren, eller noen annen europeer, som gjest.

Source: Family and the World (Part 1)

Let her only determine, without being too anxious about present happiness, to acquire the qualities that ennoble a rational being, and a rough, inelegant husband may shock her taste without destroying her peace of mind.

La henne bare bestemme, uten å være for bekymret for nåværende lykke, å tilegne seg de egenskapene som foredler et rasjonelt vesen, og en grov, rotet ektemann kan sjokkere hennes smak uten å ødelegge hennes sinnsro.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 1)

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