In-ĕl'o-quent, a.

a. [Prefix in, not, and eloquent; Lat. ineloquens, It. ineloquente, Fr. inéloquent.] Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive, as language or composition.

Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent. Milton.