Defn: Not elastic.
INELASTICITY
In`e*las*tic"i*ty, n.
Defn: Want of elasticity.
INELEGANCE; INELEGANCY
In*el"e*gance, In*el"e*gan*cy, n.; pl. Inelegances, Inelegancies.
Etym: [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.
INELEGANT In*el"e*gant, a. Etym: [L. inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See In- not, and Elegant.]
Defn: 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.
INELEGANTLY
In*el"e*gant*ly, adv.
Defn: In an inelegant manner.