inartful

== English == === Etymology === Alteration of earlier unartful, equivalent to in- +‎ artful. === Adjective === inartful (comparative more inartful, superlative most inartful) Awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue; ill-phrased; inexpedient Synonyms: clumsy, unartful 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. ==== Derived terms ==== inartfully inartfulness === Anagrams === trainful