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–adjective, -si·er, -si·est.

1.	awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.

2.	awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill-contrived: He made a clumsy, embarrassed apology.

[Origin: 1590–1600; clums benumbed with cold (now obs.) + -y¹; akin to ME clumsen to be stiff with cold, dial. Sw klumsig benumbed, awkward, klums numbskull, ON klumsa lockjaw. See clam²

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—Related forms

clum·si·ly, adverb

clum·si·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. ungraceful, ungainly, lumbering, lubberly. 2. unhandy, unskillful, maladroit, inexpert, bungling, bumbling, heavy-handed, inept.

—Antonyms 2. adroit, skillful.

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adj. clum·si·er, clum·si·est

Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence.
Gauche; inept: a clumsy excuse.

[From obsolete clumse, to be numb with cold, from Middle English clomsen, of Scandinavian origin.]

clum'si·ly adv., clum'si·ness n.

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clumsy

1597, from M.E. clumsid "numb with cold," pp. of clumsen "to benumb," from O.N. klumsa, intens. of kluma "to make motionless."

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clumsy
adjective
1.	lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair" [syn: gawky]
2.	not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward]
3.	difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: awkward]
4.	showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn: bungling]

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clumsy [ˈklamzi] adjective

awkward in movement etc
Example: He's very clumsy — he's always dropping things.

Arabic:	ثَقيلُ الحَرَكَه، مُرْتَبِك اليَدَيْن
Chinese (Simplified):	笨拙的
Chinese (Traditional):	笨拙的
Czech:	nemotorný
Danish:	klodset; kluntet
Dutch:	onhandig
Estonian:	kohmakas
Finnish:	kömpelö
French:	maladroit
German:	ungeschickt
Greek:	αδέξιος
Hungarian:	ügyetlen
Icelandic:	klunnalegur
Indonesian:	kikuk, canggung
Italian:	maldestro

Japanese:	無器用な
Korean:	어색한, 서투른
Latvian:	neveikls
Lithuanian:	nerangus
Norwegian:	klosset, klønet, keitet
Polish:	niezgrabny
Portuguese (Brazil):	desajeitado
Portuguese (Portugal):	desajeitado
Romanian:	stângaci
Russian:	неуклюжий
Slovak:	nemotorný
Slovenian:	neroden
Spanish:	torpe
Swedish:	klumpig
Turkish:	sakar

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