| ADJECTIVE | all | clumsy, gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy | lacking grace in movement or posture |
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| all | clumsy, awkward, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen | not elegant or graceful in expression | |
| all | clumsy, awkward, bunglesome, ungainly | difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | |
| all | clumsy, bungling, fumbling, incompetent | showing lack of skill or aptitude |
| Sounds | klah'mziy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Anasazi ... z / Z: 56 rhymes with ziy... | |
| Meaning | lacking grace in movement or posture. | |
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| Example | "clumsy fingers" | |
| Synonyms | gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy | |
| Broader | awkward | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance |
| Spanish | desgarbado, desmañado, insignificante, patoso, torpe | |
| Catalan | desmanyotat, feixuc, maldestre, matusser | |
| Nouns | clumsiness | the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant |
| Adverbs | clumsily | in a clumsy manner |
| Meaning | not elegant or graceful in expression. | |
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| Example | "a clumsy apology" | |
| Synonyms | awkward, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen | |
| Broader | infelicitous | not appropriate in application |
| Spanish | impropio, inapropiado, inepto | |
| Nouns | clumsiness | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment / embarrassment) |
| Meaning | Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape. | |
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| Example | "clumsy wooden shoes" | |
| Synonyms | awkward, bunglesome, ungainly | |
| Broader | unwieldy, unmanageable | Difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape |
| Spanish | incómodo | |
| Catalan | incòmode | |
| Meaning | showing lack of skill or aptitude. | |
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| Example | "did a clumsy job" | |
| Synonyms | bungling, fumbling, incompetent | |
| Broader | unskilled | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency / proficiency |
| Spanish | incompetente, inepto | |
| Catalan | incompetent, inepte | |
| Nouns | clumsiness | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
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