ungainly
adjective
not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy.
ungainliness
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a word derived from
ungainly.
Example Sentences
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He uses the word “representation” here — the representation of ordinary American ungainliness.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
Whatever the psychological ungainliness of living as a multicultural character, Rakotondrainy visualizes it gracefully.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2021
Giving comedian Ayo Edebiri ample screen time in the balance helps to mitigate some of the subplot's situational ungainliness; besides, this subplot adds some perspective to Emily's personal conundrum.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2021
Frozen 2 doesn’t have its forebear’s ungainliness; in many ways, it’s more efficiently engineered.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2019
Yet this ungainliness is occasionally redeemed by exquisite blossoms, of pale, pure hues, cropping out directly from the substance of the plant, without any pretence of a stem.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 by Various
