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What is another word for clumsy?

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Adjective

Awkward or uncoordinated in movement or in handling things

Said or done without thought or tact

Difficult or awkward to use or wield due to its shape, weight or design

Feeling socially awkward or uncomfortable

Crude or boorish in manner or comportment

Crudely constructed, typically in a hasty or improvised manner

Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion

Done or performed without method or care

(informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person

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Awkward or uncoordinated in movement or in handling things

labored^US

laboured^UK

all fingers and thumbs

with two left feet

accident-prone

like a bull in a china shop

having two left hands

leaving much to be desired

unable to do something for toffee

flakey^US

flaky^UK

labouring^UK

laboring^US

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

not know one's arse from one's elbow

unable to do something

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“A few minutes later, I heard the clumsy movements of my mother rushing out of the room.”

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Said or done without thought or tact

leaving self wide open

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“I mean, it was clumsy the way they handled this sensitive issue.”

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Difficult or awkward to use or wield due to its shape, weight or design

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“These clumsy wood snowshoes were heavy and made walking almost impossible.”

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Feeling socially awkward or uncomfortable

like a fish out of water

“In 1768, he left Chacaniac for college and found himself feeling clumsy in a very different and bewildering world.”

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Crude or boorish in manner or comportment

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

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“There are two cocker spaniels in the back, and a young woman with a most clumsy air.”

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Crudely constructed, typically in a hasty or improvised manner

meagre^UK

meager^US

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“It was capable of being towed from one wharf to another, though not without some difficulty due to its clumsy structure.”

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Inappropriate for a given purpose, situation or occasion

unfavorable^US

beneath one's dignity

grey^UK

gray^US

off-color^US

off-colour^UK

contrary to the rules

out of character with

like a fish out of water

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Done or performed without method or care

unorganised^UK

unorganized^US

failing to take proper care

like an absent-minded professor

lax about

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Noun

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(informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person

“Well, you are a clumsy.”

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