/ ɪnˈelɪgənt; NAmE / adjective
not attractive or elegant
OPP elegant
► in·ele·gant·ly adverb
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent.: from French inélégant , from Latin inelegant- , from in- not + Latin elegant- fastidious, refined (related to eligere choose, select, from e- (variant of ex- ) out + legere to pick).