Clumsy

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  • adjective. Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
  • adjective. Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy.
  • adjective. Gauche; inept.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Stiffened with cold; benumbed.
  • Acting as if benumbed; awkward; ungainly; unhandy; uncouth; without expertness, dexterity, tact, or grace: as, a clumsy workman; a clumsy wooer.
  • Manifesting awkwardness; ill-contrived or ill-managed; awkwardly combined, arranged, or used: as, a clumsy movement; clumsy sentences.
  • So made as to be unwieldy in certain or in all uses; heavily built; large and heavy; not manageable, light, or graceful.
  • Awkward in appearance or use; unfamiliar; anomalous; outrĂ©.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
  • adjective. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  • adjective. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
  • adjective. awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  • noun. A clumsy person.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  • adjective. showing lack of skill or aptitude
  • adjective. lacking grace in movement or posture
  • adjective. not elegant or graceful in expression
  • Word Usage
    "Cannon has now apologized for what he calls his clumsy shorthand, saying he meant he wasn't to provide more news and information about the church."
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