adj. Function: adjective
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Synonyms: CLUMSY 1, gawky, lumbering, lumpish, splathering, splay, ungainly
Related Words: blundering, bumbling, bungling; clownish, lubberly, oafish; cumbrous, hulking, ponderous
Idioms: all thumbs
2 marked by a lack of grace, ease, skill, or fitness (as in action or speech) FF1C; his awkward approach to the problem FF1E;
Synonyms: bumbling, clumsy, gauche, halting, ham-handed, heavy-handed, inept, lumbering, maladroit, unhandy, unhappy, wooden; compare CLUMSY 1
Related Words: rigid, stiff; discomfited, disconcerted, embarrassed; bunglesome, bungling, inefficient, inexpert, unskillful
Contrasted Words: adept, adroit, dexterous, expert, finished, polished, proficient, skilled, skillful, smooth; easy, effortless, facile, simple
Antonyms: deft; graceful
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Synonyms: INCONVENIENT , discommoding, discommodious, embarrassing, incommodious
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Synonyms: INFELICITOUS , graceless, ill-chosen, inept, unfortunate, unhappy