in|con|dite

in|con|dite
in|con|dite «ihn KON diht, -dyt», adjective.
1. badly constructed or composed (especially of literary or artistic works).
2. without delicacy of finish; unformed; crude: »

[They] forgot themselves, kicked up their legs, shouted to the bystanders, and were altogether incondite (Charles Kingsley).

SYNONYM(S): rude, unpolished, unrefined.
[< Latin incondītus not connected, disordered, not put together < in- not + condere to put together]

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