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   Clum·sy

   /ˈkləmzē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. awkward in movement or in handling things: "the cold made his fingers clumsy" Similar awkwarduncoordinatedungainlygracelessungracefulinelegantgawkygaucheganglingcloddishblunderinglumberingbunglingbumblingfumblingineptmaladroitunskillfulinexpertunhandyaccident-pronelike a bull in a china shopall fingers and thumbsinformal:cack-handedham-fistedham-handedbutterfingeredwith two left feethulkingklutzyOpposite graceful
   • ▪ done awkwardly or without skill or elegance: "a clumsy attempt to park" Similar awkwarduncoordinatedungainlygracelessungracefulinelegantgawkygaucheganglingcloddishblunderinglumberingbunglingbumblingfumblingineptmaladroitunskillfulinexpertunhandyaccident-pronelike a bull in a china shopall fingers and thumbsinformal:cack-handedham-fistedham-handedbutterfingeredwith two left feethulkingklutzyOpposite graceful
   • ▪ difficult to handle or use; unwieldy: "the legal procedure is far too clumsy" Similar unwieldyunmanageablecumbersomebulkyhulkingheavysolidawkwardunmaneuverableOpposite elegant
   • ▪ lacking social skills and graces: "his choice of words was clumsy" Similar gaucheawkwardgracelessunpolishedunsubtlecrudeuncouthboorishcrasstactlessinsensitivethoughtlessinconsiderateundiplomaticindelicateimpoliticinjudiciousill-judgedOpposite tactful

   Word Origin late 16th century: from obsolete clumse ‘make or be numb’, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish klumsig.

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