adjective (clumsier, clumsiest)
1 (of people and animals) moving or doing things in a very awkward way:
I spilt your coffee. Sorry-that was clumsy of me. * His clumsy fingers couldn't untie the knot.
2 (of actions and statements) done without skill or in a way that offends people:
She made a clumsy attempt to apologize.
3 (of objects) difficult to move or use easily; not well designed
4 (of processes) awkward; too complicated to understand or use easily:
The complaints procedure is clumsy and time-consuming.
clumsily adverb
clumsiness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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