graceless

[ greys-lis ]

adjective

1. lacking grace, pleasing elegance, or charm.
2. without any sense of right or propriety.

graceless

/ ˈɡreɪslɪs /

adjective

1. lacking any sense of right and wrong; depraved
2. lacking grace or excellence

Derived Forms

• ˈgracelessness, noun
• ˈgracelessly, adverb

Other Words From

• graceless·ly adverb
• graceless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of graceless¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; grace, -less

Example Sentences

The theft — and its most coveted metal, bronze — belongs to a series of graceless robberies across the Southland and the country that have rendered streets dark, cemeteries without markers and public art destroyed.

From Los Angeles Times

But a graceless end should not obscure DiFi’s shining accomplishments and her place in American history.

From Los Angeles Times

“The cows in Stella Gibbons’s immortal ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ are named Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless, and that more or less is the verdict on ‘Ocean’s Kingdom,’ the wildly hyped and wildly uninteresting collaboration between Peter Martins and Paul McCartney.”

From New York Times

The new courthouse, despite its graceless tower, became Ritchie’s calling card.

From Seattle Times

The film is so graceless and bizarre in its attempts at tugging at the viewer’s emotions that it often feels like a work of parody.

From New York Times