not attractive 不优美的;不优雅的 an inelegant fall 笨拙的摔倒 an inelegant phrase 粗俗的短语
Word Originearly 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’).