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What is the adjective for clumsiness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb clumse which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

clumsy
  1. awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  2. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
  3. awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  4. Synonyms:
      5. awkward, maladroit, graceless, inept, ungainly, lumbering, bungling, gawky, blundering, bumbling, ungraceful, unhandy, uncoordinated, gauche, butterfingered, inelegant, unskilful, inexpert, klutzy, incompetent, oafish, handless, gawkish, ponderous, unco, gangling, unskillful, clownish, botched, stumbling, cloddish, undexterous, heavy, fumbled, unadept, blunderous, elephantine, fumbling, untalented, labored, laboured, heavy-handed, ham-handed, ham-fisted, cack-handed, left-handed, all thumbs, all fingers and thumbs, with two left feet, accident-prone … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “A few minutes later, I heard the clumsy movements of my mother rushing out of the room.”
      “I mean, it was clumsy the way they handled this sensitive issue.”
      “These clumsy wood snowshoes were heavy and made walking almost impossible.”
clumse
  1. benumbed, as with cold
  2. idle; lazy; loutish
clumsier
  1. comparative form of clumsy: more clumsy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. awkwarder, ungainlier, gawkier, unhandier, klutzier, heavier, more maladroit, more graceless, more inept, more lumbering, more bungling, more ungraceful, more uncoordinated, more gauche, more butterfingered, more inelegant, more unskilful, more inexpert, more oafish, more gawkish, more ponderous, more unco, more gangling, more unskillful, more clownish, more cloddish, more unadept, more blunderous, more elephantine, more untalented, more labored, more laboured, more heavy-handed, more ham-handed, more ham-fisted, more cack-handed, more accident-prone, cruder, more amateurish, rougher, more unskilled, more inexperienced, more clodhopping, more unpolished, more unrefined, ruder, more amateur, more artless, more unprofessional, coarser … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “This was a problem, because around my crushes I clammed up and became quieter and clumsier than ever.”
      “Parents with flat-footed children sometimes say their children are clumsier than other kids.”
      “Cheap manual labelers like the trusty Dymo work fine too, but they take more time, are clumsier to use, and produce labels that look, well, homemade.”
clumsiest
  1. superlative form of clumsy: most clumsy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. awkwardest, ungainliest, gawkiest, unhandiest, klutziest, heaviest, most maladroit, most graceless, most inept, most lumbering, most bungling, most ungraceful, most uncoordinated, most gauche, most butterfingered, most inelegant, most unskilful, most inexpert, most oafish, most gawkish, most ponderous, most unco, most gangling, most unskillful, most clownish, most cloddish, most unadept, most blunderous, most elephantine, most untalented, most labored, most laboured, most heavy-handed, most ham-handed, most ham-fisted, most cack-handed, most accident-prone, crudest, most amateurish, roughest, most unskilled, most inexperienced, most clodhopping, most unpolished, most unrefined, rudest, most amateur, most artless, most unprofessional, coarsest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “As any Elvis impersonator knows, under the hard exterior of even the clumsiest man there is a dancer trying to get out.”
      “But the clumsiest of golfers can hack up the same hallowed turf as that trodden by the greats.”
      “Weapons of the clumsiest, undressed skins as a protection from the occasional blasts of the pampero.”
clumsed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of clumse
clumsing
  1. present participle of clumse
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