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Defenition of the word clumsy

    • Defenition of the word clumsy

      • Difficult to handle, because of shape.
      • Lacking coordination in movement or action.
      • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
      • not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
      • showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
      • lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
      • not elegant or graceful in expression
      • lacking grace in movement or posture
      • showing lack of skill or aptitude
      • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

    Synonyms for the word clumsy

      • awkward
      • bunglesome
      • bungling
      • clunky
      • cumbersome
      • fumbling
      • gawky
      • ill-chosen
      • inapt
      • incompetent
      • inept
      • ungainly
      • unwieldy

    Similar words in the clumsy

      • awkward
      • infelicitous
      • unmanageable
      • unskilled
      • unwieldy

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