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<h1>Inelaborate</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*lab"o*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inelaboratus</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Elaborate</er>.]</ety> <def>Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.</def>

<h1>Inelastic</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*las"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not elastic.</def>

<h1>Inelasticity</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*las*tic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Want of elasticity.</def>

<h1>Inelegance, Inelegancy</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw><hw>In*el"e*gance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>In*el"e*gan*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Inelegances</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <plw>Inelegancies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>inelegantia</ets>: cf. F. <ets>in\'82l\'82gance</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.</def>

<blockquote>The notorious <b>inelegance</b> of her figure. <i>T. Hook.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything inelegant; <as>as, <ex>inelegance</ex> of style in literary composition</as>.</def>

<h1>Inelegant</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*el"e*gant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inelegans</ets>: cf. F. <ets>in\'82l\'82gant</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Elegant</er>.]</ety> <def>Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.</def>

<blockquote>What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, <b>inelegant</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and <b>inelegant</b>. <i>Blair.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inelegantly</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*el"e*gant*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an inelegant manner.</def>

<h1>Ineligibility</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*el`i*gi*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>in\'82ligibilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being ineligible.</def>

<h1>Ineligible</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*el"i*gi*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>eligible</ets>: cf. F. <ets>in\'82ligible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not eligible; not qualified to be chos<?/<?/ for an office; not worthy to be chosen or preffered; not expedient or desirable.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Inelligibly</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*el"li*gi*bly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an ineligible manner.</def>

<h1>Ineloquent</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*e"lo*quent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ineloquens</ets>: cf. F. <ets>in\'82loquent</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Eloquent</er>.]</ety> <def>Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; <as>as, <ex>ineloquent</ex> language</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue <b>ineloquent</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ineloquently</h1> <Xpage=756>