different between bungling vs inelegant

English

Etymology

From the verb bungle.

Adjective

bungling (comparative more bungling, superlative most bungling)

1. Incompetent or inept.

   Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball.

Noun

bungling (plural bunglings)

1. An act of incompetence or ineptitude.

   Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs.

Translations

Verb

bungling

1. present participle of bungle

Anagrams

• blunging

English

Alternative forms

• unelegant

Etymology

From Middle French inélégant, from Latin in?leg?ns; equivalent to in- +? elegant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??l???nt/

Adjective

inelegant (comparative more inelegant, superlative most inelegant)

1. Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.

Synonyms

• (unfashionable): démodé, passé, unchic; see also Thesaurus:unfashionable
• (graceless): clumsy, graceless, haphazard

Translations

Anagrams

• Galentine, eglantine, elegantin, legantine

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin in?leg?ns.

Adjective

inelegant (masculine and feminine plural inelegants)

1. inelegant

   Antonym: elegant

Related terms

• elegant
• inelegància

Further reading

• “inelegant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inelegant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inelegant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French inélégant.

Adjective

inelegant m or n (feminine singular inelegant?, masculine plural inelegan?i, feminine and neuter plural inelegante)

1. inelegant

Declension