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- adjective Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; impolitic; ill-phrased; inexpedient; clumsy.
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Examples
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So yesterday Eugene asked me why the word inartful meaning ‘unskillfully’ wasn’t in any dictionary that he’d consulted, including the OED and all the dictionaries you can search through onelook.com.
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Rick Sanchez issued a public apology Wednesday, calling his comments about Jon Stewart "inartful" and "mangled," according to a statement obtained by Variety.
Rick Sanchez Publicly Apologizes for "Inartful" Comments 2010
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By the way, Wilson may have been "inartful", but he was right. kevin
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Toomey defended a years-old remark in which he suggested getting rid of corporate taxes, saying it was "inartful" and was "never a serious policy proposal."
Rubio accuses Crist of 'heckling' Aaron Blake 2010
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Nearly a week after making the controversial comments that got him fired from CNN, Rick Sanchez released a statement Wednesday apologizing for what he called "inartful," "tired and mangled" words that he said "were never intended to suggest any sort of narrow-mindedness and should never have been made."
Rick Sanchez Apologizes: Anchor Issues Statement, Apology For 'Inartful' Comments The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Rick Sanchez publicly apologizes for "inartful" comments
Rick Sanchez Apologizes on GMA: "I Have to Stand Up and Be Responsible" 2010
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Nearly a week after making the controversial comments that got him fired from CNN, Rick Sanchez released a statement Wednesday apologizing for what he called "inartful," "tired and mangled" words that he said "were never intended to suggest any sort of narrow-mindedness and should never have been made."
Rick Sanchez Apologizes: Anchor Issues Statement, Apology For 'Inartful' Comments Jack Mirkinson 2010
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In the statement, the 52-year-old said he had a very good conversation with Jon Stewart on Monday when he was able to apologize for his "inartful" comments.
Rick Sanchez Publicly Apologizes for "Inartful" Comments 2010
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Nearly a week after making the controversial comments that got him fired from CNN, Rick Sanchez released a statement Wednesday apologizing for what he called "inartful," "tired and mangled" words that he said "were never intended to suggest any sort of narrow-mindedness and should never have been made."
Rick Sanchez Apologizes: Anchor Issues Statement, Apology For 'Inartful' Comments Jack Mirkinson 2010
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In a rant that he later described as "inartful," Gibbs unloaded on what he called the "professional left" and said they were out of touch with reality.
reesetee commented on the word inartful
A rather inartful word. ;-)
April 28, 2008