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Meaning of inartful | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; ill-phrased; inexpedient

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

inarticulable inarticulate inarticulated inartificial inartistic inaspirable