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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of lacking refinement and good taste;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inelegance \In*el"e*gance\, Inelegancy \In*el"e*gan*cy\, n.; pl. Inelegances, Inelegancies. [L. inelegantia: cf. F. in['e]l['e]gance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality of being inelegant; lack of elegance or grace; lack of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners. [1913 Webster] The notorious inelegance of her figure. --T. Hook. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inelegance n 1: the quality of lacking refinement and good taste [ant: elegance]