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Clumsiness

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Noun

1. awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

2. awkwardness, clumsiness

the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

3. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness

the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Clumsiness

see synonyms of clumsiness
adjective -sier or -siest
1. 
lacking in skill or physical coordination
2. 
awkwardly constructed or contrived

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Clumsiness

see synonyms of clumsiness
adjectiveWord forms: ˈclumsier or ˈclumsiest
1. 
lacking grace or skill in movement; awkward
2. 
awkwardly shaped or made; ill-constructed
3. 
badly contrived; inelegant
a clumsy style

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Clumsiness

see synonyms of clumsiness
adj. clum·si·er, clum·si·est
1. Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
2. Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence.
3. Gauche; inept: a clumsy excuse.

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