inartful
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of earlier unartful, equivalent to in- + artful.
Adjective
[edit]inartful (comparative more inartful, superlative most inartful)
- 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.
- 2008, Barack Obama, prepared statement, quoted in William Safire, “Inartful”, The New York Times Magazine, 2008 July 20,