Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not graceful; lacking grace or elegance; inelegant; clumsy: as, ungraceful manners.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective colloquial, nonstandard Not
graceful ; lackinggrace .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective lacking grace; clumsy
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Examples
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These styles are the last word in ungraceful and unflattering, yet I see so many older ladies sporting them.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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Religious people haven't changed since Jesus' time: They still preach an "ungraceful" gospel...which is no gospel at all because gospel means good news.
more about grace...* Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007
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Religious people haven't changed since Jesus' time: They still preach an "ungraceful" gospel...which is no gospel at all because gospel means good news.
Archive 2007-08-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007
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Hayes went on to denounce "feminine desperados" who, being either "mad or wholly ignorant," had forgotten how "ungraceful" riding astride made a woman look.
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Hayes went on to denounce "feminine desperados" who, being either "mad or wholly ignorant," had forgotten how "ungraceful" riding astride made a woman look.
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I am told that in California, particularly in Orange County, those Mexicanos/as prefer Gabacho -- which means awkward or ungraceful, nothing more.
Estadounidense? 2009
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I am told that in California, particularly in Orange County, those Mexicanos/as prefer Gabacho -- which means awkward or ungraceful, nothing more.
Estadounidense? 2009
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I am told that in California, particularly in Orange County, those Mexicanos/as prefer Gabacho -- which means awkward or ungraceful, nothing more.
Estadounidense? 2009
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I am told that in California, particularly in Orange County, those Mexicanos/as prefer Gabacho -- which means awkward or ungraceful, nothing more.
Estadounidense? 2009
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I am told that in California, particularly in Orange County, those Mexicanos/as prefer Gabacho -- which means awkward or ungraceful, nothing more.
Estadounidense? 2009
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