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noun.
an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
noun.
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Word Usage
"Finally, James compounded his gracelessness by suggesting that criticism was based on racism, an observation which prompted Charles Barkley to declare: Just when you think it couldn't get any stupider, it gets more stupid."