graceless
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Definition of graceless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for graceless
Synonyms
awkward, butterfingered, cack-handed [British], clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed, maladroit, unhandy
Antonyms
deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, sure-handed
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When Walker and his old frenemy Tyrese reunite for the first time, director John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood) shoots their graceless scuffle in a Buster Keaton-esque longshot while an FBI guy has a snack. — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, "What I learned about cars watching all 8 Fast & Furious movies in 4 days," 2 Aug. 2019 Still worse, Coes' graceless prose is worthy of a grudging C- in a college freshman writing class. — Bruce Desilva, Dallas News, "'The Russian' by Ben Coes is a preposterous thriller," 30 July 2019 The disaster, in this case, is 2019’s Summer of Sequelae, as dismal a movie season as audiences can remember as one spinoff has followed the other with a graceless thud. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Review: Woody and Buzz are back and better than ever," 20 June 2019 This act — this graceless, puny act — insults both the democratic ideal and the sporting ideal. — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, "Trump dumps Eagles because, to him, size matters | Marcus Hayes," 4 June 2018 This is the most vain piece of graceless showing off. — A.a. Gill, A-LIST, "Fraught, But It Counts," 4 July 2018 The African Cultural Heritage Art Center suffers from graceless architecture, the result of a functional but awkward renovation of two bunker-like 1970s buildings. — Jane Wooldridge, miamiherald, "These 18 made the cut. That’s when the real work began. Now they’re part of the Entourage. | Miami Herald," 22 Apr. 2018 Those tend to be drab, self-important, graceless and lacking in nuance. — Adrian Daub, New Republic, "What Babylon Berlin Sees in the Weimar Republic," 14 Feb. 2018 Is Trump’s decision to bring Kelly’s son into the debate tacky and graceless? — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, "How Trump Changed the Topic to Obama's Consolation Calls," 17 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'graceless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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