In*el"e*gant (?), a. [L. inelegans: cf. F. inélégant. See In- not, and
Elegant.] 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.
In*el"e*gant*ly, adv. In an inelegant manner.
In*el`i*gi*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. inéligibilité.] The state or
quality of being ineligible.
In*el"i*gi*ble (?), a. [Pref. in- not + eligible: cf. F. inéligible.]
Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to
be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable. Burke.
In*el"li*gi*bly (?), adv. In an ineligible manner.
In*e"lo*quent (?), a. [L. ineloquens: cf. F. inéloquent. See In- not,
and Eloquent.] Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not
persuasive; as, ineloquent language.
Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent.
Milton.
In*e"lo*quent*ly, adv. Without eloquence.
In`e*luc"ta*ble (?), a. [L. ineluctabilis; pref. in- not + eluctabilis
to be surmounted, fr. eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: cf. F.
inéluctable. See Eluctate.] Not to be overcome by struggling;
irresistible; inevitable. Bp. Pearson.
The ineluctable conditions of matter.
Hamerton.
In`e*lud"i*ble (?), a. Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations.
Glanvill.
In*em"bry*o*nate (?), a. (Biol.) Not embryonate.
In`e*nar"ra*ble (?), a. [L. inenarrabilis; pref. in- not + enarrabilis
that may be related; fr. enarrare to relate: cf. F. inénarrable. See
Enarration.] Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable.
[Obs.] "Inenarrable goodness." Bp. Fisher.
In*ept" (?), a. [L. ineptus; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: cf. F.
inepte. Cf. Inapt.]