clumsy

  • (s) 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
    clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy,
  • (s) 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?
    ill-chosen, inapt, inept, cumbersome, awkward,
  • (s) 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
    bunglesome, ungainly, awkward,
  • (s) showing lack of skill or aptitude
    • a bungling workman
    • did a clumsy job
    • his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
    bungling, fumbling, incompetent,

Synonyms

clunky gawky ungainly unwieldy ill-chosen inapt inept cumbersome awkward bunglesome bungling fumbling incompetent

Words of close approximity

clump
clumsy person