cloddish
Americanadjective
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There’s the cloddish desperation of the strategy, summed up by its designer.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2020
Not unlike its title character, the movie can be cloddish and clumsy, but it is also a thing of wily cleverness and lithe, surprising grace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2016
That was before the cloddish, obnoxious SUV took over limousine duties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2016
In Gallipoli, Connor meets another cloddish British officer and forms a manly friendship with a wise Turkish army officer.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2015
He picked up Fujiko’s bamboo flute, turned it over twice in his hands—small hands for such a thick, cloddish man—then set it on the dining room table.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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