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UK
/klˈʌmzɪnəs/
]
[ US /ˈkɫəmzinəs/ ]
[ US /ˈkɫəmzinəs/ ]
NOUN
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
How To Use clumsiness In A Sentence
- But now I feel there was something rather endearing about my uncultured clumsiness.
- The architect, however, takes the tool out of the artisan's hand and although he remonstrates with him for his clumsiness, begins to enact forgiveness.
- As such, he was utterly made for the job, as his combination of physical clumsiness, verbal ineptitude and unwaveringly glaikit expression must have made even the most gauche and pallid code-cruncher feel like a cocksure sophisticate. Be My Enemy
- Despite all my clumsiness, which is legendary, I have never broken a bone. Jamelah.net
- Dislikes: Being left out, zits, runs in tights, platform flip flops, clumsiness, hand me downs, flared jeans, Jell-O.
- The will of the spirit must become something which it is not, as yet, from the very start, — truly free; and it is free only when that feebleness, which is primarily merely a sort of clumsiness, is overcome, — when the spirit is not only in general willing to do God’s will, but also shows in each particular case the same unwavering willingness. Christian Ethics. Volume II.���Pure Ethics.
- And, based on this schematic analysis, it is an effort to see how the mistake of "clumsiness" can emerge from normal skilled performance. Archive 2009-05-01
- She did not like his lusty ways and youthful clumsiness.
- Journalists write with undisguised glee about day-to-day clumsiness within the company.
- Other causes of apparent clumsiness include visual impairment, orthopedic disorders, mild cerebral palsy, hereditary ataxia, and congenital chorea.