ungainly
adjective
not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy.
ungainliness
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a word derived from
ungainly.
Example Sentences
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John’s halting efforts to march his ungainliness into a chaotic world mimic those of anyone who grew accustomed to ordered solitude or preferred it in the first place.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025
Nevertheless, its pig-in-a-python ungainliness contributes to the fascination.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2020
Frozen 2 doesn’t have its forebear’s ungainliness; in many ways, it’s more efficiently engineered.
From Slate ● Nov. 19, 2019
Sweaters like Babaà’s cardigan, popular on Instagram, seem pure in their ungainliness.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 4, 2019
That even moderate dancing demands immoderate abilities, is attested by the exhibition of human ungainliness disfiguring all the court balls of Europe.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various
