graceless

/ˈgreɪslɪs/

Someone who's graceless is awkward or uncoordinated. Graceless means without grace, by being physically clumsy or by having no manners. A graceless dancer steps on toes, and a graceless winner rubs it in.

People can be graceless in their physical movements or actions, like a graceless ballet dancer who thumps heavily across the stage. Or they can be graceless in their words or behavior, like a graceless stand-up comic who isn't funny, just rude and boorish. Graceless originally meant "not in a state of grace," with grace defined as "God's love." A more modern meaning of grace is "beauty of form or movement."

Definitions of graceless

1. adjective

   lacking grace; clumsy
   “a graceless production of the play”

   synonyms: ungraceful

   awkward

   lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
2. adjective

   lacking graciousness
   “a totally graceless hostess”

   synonyms: unpleasing

   ungracious

   lacking charm and good taste
3. adjective

   lacking social polish, poise, or refinement
   synonyms: gauche, unaccomplished, unpolished

   inelegant

   lacking in refinement or grace or good taste