clumsy
About 2.56 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Awkward, lacking coordination.
He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
- adjective Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
- adjective Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
- noun A clumsy person.
Similar words
clunky ungainly gawky bunglesome bungling fumbling unwieldy cumbersome incompetent infelicitous
Often followed by
and in to way as attempt or attempts with
Word family
clumsier clumsiest clumsily clumsiness clumsinesses
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