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In`ef*fi"cient*ly, adv. In an inefficient manner.

In`e*lab"o*rate (?), a. [L. inelaboratus. See In- not, and Elaborate.] Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

In`e*las"tic (?), a. Not elastic.

In`e*las*tic"i*ty (?), n. Want of elasticity.

{ In*el"e*gance (?), In*el"e*gan*cy (?), } n.; pl. Inelegances (#), Inelegancies (#). [L. inelegantia: cf. F. inélégance.]

1. The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.

The notorious inelegance of her figure.

T. Hook.

2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.

In*el"e*gant (?), a. [L. inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See In- not, and Elegant.] Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant.

Milton.

It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant.

Blair.

In*el"e*gant*ly, adv. In an inelegant manner.

In*el`i*gi*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inéligibilité.] The state or quality of being ineligible.

In*el"i*gi*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + eligible: cf. F. inéligible.] Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable. Burke.

In*el"li*gi*bly (?), adv. In an ineligible manner.

In*e"lo*quent (?), a. [L. ineloquens: cf. F. inéloquent. See In- not, and Eloquent.] Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.

Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent.

Milton.

In*e"lo*quent*ly, adv. Without eloquence.

In`e*luc"ta*ble (?), a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F. inéluctable. See Eluctate.] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp. Pearson.

The ineluctable conditions of matter.

Hamerton.

In`e*lud"i*ble (?), a. Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.

Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations.

Glanvill.