inartful

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; ill-phrased; inexpedient
    — 2008, Barack Obama, prepared statement, quoted in William Safire, “Inartful”, The New York Times Magazine, 2008 July 20, The fact that […] General Clark said something that was inartful about John McCain, I don’t think is what is keeping Ohioans up at night.

词形变化

more inartful comparative most inartful superlative

词源

Alteration of earlier unartful, equivalent to in- + artful.
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