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clumsiness

[ kluhm-zee-nis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

awkwardness or lack of skill or grace in movement or action:
In spite of their large size and reputed clumsiness, bears are fleet-footed.
the fact or quality of being awkwardly done or made, or of being poorly contrived, difficult to use, etc.:
The story wasn't bad, but had moments of clumsiness.
Despite the winning concept of a phone combined with a gaming console, this version was doomed by the clumsiness of its design.

First recorded in 1650–60; clumsy ( def ) + -ness ( def )

Yet another chapter in the "J. Law's Clumsiness is So Endearing" saga.

Whatever Kerry lacks in clumsiness, he makes up for in spinelessness.

Just a detail, perhaps, but it underlines the clumsiness of Romney's decision to come to Israel.

On Reliable Sources Sunday, Terence Smith said that a recent Obama gaffe was “Romney-esque in its clumsiness.”

To his other iniquities Black Sheep had now added a phenomenal clumsiness—was as unfit to trust in action as he was in word.

Still more yellow than usual, Hemerlingue internally accused himself of clumsiness and imprudence.

If he had not the air of a thoroughbred, he had none of the plebeian clumsiness of the cart-horse.

And moreover, the ponderous clumsiness of the bull filled him with contempt.

Her inexperience and the clumsiness of the boat baffled her.

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