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Meaning of clumsy


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  clumsy
      adj 1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with
             long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly
             creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out
             of his chair" [syn: {gawky}, {clumsy}, {clunky},
             {ungainly}, {unwieldy}]
      2: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose
         style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style";
         "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to
         repeat it now?" [syn: {awkward}, {clumsy}, {cumbersome},
         {inapt}, {inept}, {ill-chosen}]
      3: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
         "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome
         paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather
         ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: {awkward},
         {bunglesome}, {clumsy}, {ungainly}]
      4: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did
         a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn:
         {bungling}, {clumsy}, {fumbling}, {incompetent}]


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