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Lacking elegance or grace, akin to an oaf

Lacking in intelligence

Clumsy or awkward in movement or handling things

Lacking consideration for others

Adjective

Lacking elegance or grace, akin to an oaf

unsophisticated

socially awkward

socially unsure

lacking in social graces

undiscriminating

rough and ready

socially lacking

lacking in social grace

socially anxious

socially incompetent

rough-and-ready

straightforward

in a state of nature

rough-and-tumble

like a bull in a china shop

near the knuckle

close to the bone

anti-intellectual

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“It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute, and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump.”

Adjective

Lacking in intelligence

slow on the uptake

soft in the head

not the full shilling

thick as two short planks

as thick as two short planks

dead from the neck up

uncomprehending

feather-brained

not intelligent

mentally deficient

mentally handicapped

without thought

foolishly stupid

wet behind the ears

as daft as a brush

unknowledgeable

unsophisticated

lacking knowledge

a brick short of a load

as green as grass

two sandwiches short of a picnic

not quite right

non compos mentis

out of one's gourd

ill-thought-out

devoid of intelligence

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“He's this very odd combination of literate Renaissance man and oafish uncle who says embarrassing things that you wish your girlfriend hadn't heard.”

Adjective

Clumsy or awkward in movement or handling things

like a bull in a china shop

having two left feet

having two left hands

with two left feet

all fingers and thumbs

out of your depth

nonprofessional

unsophisticated

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“It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump.”

Adjective

Lacking consideration for others

uncomplimentary

ill-humoured^UK

uncommunicative

self-centered^US

lacking civility

self-centred^UK

beyond the pale

not afraid to call a spade a spade

not on speaking terms

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