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clumsy
Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
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  1. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  2. Gauche; inept:
  3. Badly contrived; inelegant
ungainly
Clumsy; lacking grace.
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  1. Clumsy; lacking grace.
  2. Difficult to move or use; unwieldy.
  3. Awkward; clumsy
rustic
Rough, awkward, uncouth, or boorish
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  1. Rough, awkward, uncouth, or boorish
  2. Charmingly simple or unsophisticated in a manner considered typical of country living.
  3. Made of unfinished or roughly finished wood:
uncouth
(Archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
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  1. (Archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
  2. (Archaic) Not known or familiar; strange
  3. Awkward; clumsy; ungainly
awkward
Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
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  1. Difficult to effect; uncomfortable:
  2. Not dexterous; clumsy.
  3. Marked by or causing embarrassment or discomfort:
clumsy
Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
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  1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
  2. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  3. Gauche; inept:
graceless
Lacking grace; clumsy.
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  1. Lacking grace; clumsy.
  2. Lacking any sense of what is right or proper
  3. Without grace; clumsy or inelegant
inept
Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
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  1. Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
  2. Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
  3. Clumsy or bungling
lumpish
Shaped like a lump, ill defined in shape.
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  1. Shaped like a lump, ill defined in shape.
  2. Like lumps, composed of unshaped or mismatched pieces.
  3. Clumsy or cumbersome.
maladroit
Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
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  1. Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
  2. Awkward; clumsy; bungling
ungainly
Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
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  1. Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
  2. Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
  3. Awkward; clumsy
ungraceful
(Colloquial, nonstandard) Not graceful; lacking grace.
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  1. (Colloquial, nonstandard) Not graceful; lacking grace.
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  • In contrast, early physical maturation can be embarrassing for girls, who may feel gawky and self-conscious in their newly developed bodies.

  • Tall, gawky with hair dyed blue-black and contacts that glowed red like his eyes did naturally, she wore a I heart Xander T-shirt beneath a leather coat.

  • gawky teenager, living with her widowed father, when her cousin Nora comes for a visit.

  • gawky big girl, I can never bring her into focus.

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