gracelessness

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grace·less

(grās′lĭs)

adj.

1. Lacking grace; clumsy.

2. Having or exhibiting no sense of propriety or decency.

3. Inferior or clumsy in treatment or performance: a graceless production of the play.

grace′less·ly adv.

grace′less·ness n.

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Noun	1.	gracelessness - an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression ungracefulness clumsiness, awkwardness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
	2.	gracelessness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) clumsiness, stiffness, awkwardness inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste woodenness - the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies" gaucherie, rusticity - the quality of being rustic or gauche

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