clumsiness

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being clumsy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slowness ineptitude stiffness awkwardness ineptness maladroitness gracelessness inability ignorance incompetence clumsy stupidity disqualification roughness incapacity
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Antonyms

grace game art culture sense reason
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Hypernyms

bearing carriage posture inelegance unskillfulness

Hyponyms

rusticity stiffness gaucherie rustiness gracelessness gawkiness

Phrases with the word

blueprint of clumsiness clumsiness inelegance guide of clumsiness

Examples

Stop being astounded by the realization that sex is the object of such misunderstanding and of such automatic clumsiness that it implies either a universal loathing or a universal veneration. Philippe Sollers

[Re:Claims Direct] No win, no fee, no basis in reality. Just a room above a minicab office in Acton and a steady stream of greedy simpletons whose delusion is only matched by their clumsiness. Bill Bailey

Sorry. I have technical difficulties making it through a room without bumping into something. Thank God my clumsiness is only restricted to the ground. I'd probably kill myself diving if I was this bad underwater. (Tory) Sherrilyn Kenyon

... clumsiness is often mated with a love of solitude. Virginia Woolf

Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and problems of translating with new materials. Helen Frankenthaler

Sometimes kindness can be delivered in a clumsy way. But it's far more sincere in its clumsiness than those distinguished men you read about in books. Your father was very clumsy. Ruta Sepetys

Close letter words and terms

clumsily done clumsily said clumsily worded clumsiness inelegance clumsy clumsy creature