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clumsy
[ kluhm-zee ]
adjective
- awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace:
He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
Synonyms: lubberly, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful
- awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill-contrived:
He made a clumsy, embarrassed apology.
Synonyms: inept, heavy-handed, bumbling, inexpert, maladroit, unskillful, unhandy
clumsy
/ ˈklʌmzɪ /
adjective
- lacking in skill or physical coordination
- awkwardly constructed or contrived
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Derived Forms
- ˈclumsiness, noun
- ˈclumsily, adverb
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Other Words From
- clum·si·ly adverb
- clum·si·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of clumsy1
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Example Sentences
He must be pretending to be something, striking some kind of clumsy tribal note.
But Silva, hapless Silva, got his merely for tangling with the Colombian goalkeeper in a clumsy melee of limbs.
Season one of OITNB chronicled her clumsy, fumbling attempts to get her legs under her so she could run for safety.
Ignore the clumsy comparisons of the Syria War and the Balkans War.
Rather, after weeks of clumsy diplomacy, they consciously led their nations into battle.
Scientists tell us that from the point of view of optics the human eye is a clumsy instrument poorly contrived for its work.
With which magnanimous sentiment he turned on his clumsy heel, and entered his apartment again.
They merely used such instruments as fate offered, however trivial, however clumsy.
He loses sight of the supreme fact that after all, in its own poor, clumsy fashion, the machine does work.
When the owner can afford it, an ample supply of cushions and shawls makes the clumsy vehicle more comfortable for its occupant.
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