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graceless
adjective
lacking social polish
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- G
- Ends with
- S
- Contains
- RACELES
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ˈɡɹeɪsləs
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Meaning
Definitions
adjective
lacking social polish
“too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate”
adjective
lacking grace; clumsy
“a graceless production of the play”
adjective
lacking graciousness
“a totally graceless hostess”
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Example Sentences
too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate
their excellent manners always made me feel gauche
a graceless production of the play
{'source': 'Sir Walter Scott', 'text': 'his stature low … his bearing ungraceful'}
a totally graceless hostess
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