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clumsiness

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clum·sy  (klmz)
adj. clum·si·er, clum·si·est
1. Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
2. Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence.
3. Gauche; inept: a clumsy excuse.

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

clumsi·ly adv.
clumsi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clumsiness - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of trainingclumsiness - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
unskillfulness - a lack of cognitive skill
rustiness - ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice; "his rustiness showed when he was asked to speed up"
2.clumsiness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegantclumsiness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
posture, carriage, bearing - characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
gracelessness, ungracefulness - an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
gawkiness, ungainliness - the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
stiffness - the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
3.clumsiness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)clumsiness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
inelegance - the quality of lacking refinement and good taste
woodenness - the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"
gaucherie, rusticity - the quality of being rustic or gauche

clumsiness
noun
2. insensitivity, heavy-handedness, tactlessness, gaucheness, lack of tact, uncouthness He cursed himself for his clumsiness and insensitivity.
Translations
clumsiness [ˈklʌmzɪnɪs] N (= awkwardness) → torpeza f; (= tactlessness) → falta f de tacto
clumsiness [ˈklʌmzinɪs] n
(physical)maladresse f
(social, emotional)manque m de tact
clumsiness
n
Ungeschicklichkeit f; (= ungainliness)Schwerfälligkeit f
(of tool, shape)Unförmigkeit f; (of prose, translation etc)Schwerfälligkeit f, → Unbeholfenheit f
(= awkwardness: of apology, excuse etc) → Plumpheit f
clumsiness [ˈklʌmzɪnɪs] n (of person, action, apology) → goffaggine f; (of remark) → mancanza di tatto; (of painting, forgery) → cattiva esecuzione f; (of tool) → scarsa praticità


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But even his earliest efforts were not marked with the clumsiness of mediocrity.
It is a curious thing, by the bye, for which I am quite unable to account, that these weird creatures-- the females, I mean--had in the earlier days of my stay an instinctive sense of their own repulsive clumsiness, and displayed in consequence a more than human regard for the decency and decorum of extensive costume.
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