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All clunky synonyms

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adj clunky

  • uncouth — awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: uncouth behavior; an uncouth relative who embarrasses the family.
  • uncultured — the lack or absence of culture: Much modern fiction is a product of unculture.
  • unfortunate — suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
  • ungainly — not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
  • unhappy — sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
  • infelicitous — inapt, inappropriate, or awkward; malapropos: an infelicitous remark.
  • klutzy — clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.
  • unmannered — lacking good manners; rude or ill-bred.
  • bungling — to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
  • halting — Archaic. lame; limping.
  • heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
  • inexpert — not expert; unskilled.
  • lumbering — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
  • ungraceful — lacking charm or elegance; awkward.
  • unskillful — not skillful; clumsy or bungling.
  • bumbling — If you describe a person or their behaviour as bumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  • all thumbs — clumsy
  • blundering — a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
  • floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
  • stumbling — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
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