Synonyms of the word clumsy


CLUMSYAWKWARD - BUNGLESOME - BUNGLING - CLUNKY - CUMBERSOME - FUMBLING - GAWKY - INAPT - INCOMPETENT - INEPT - INFELICITOUS - UNGAINLY - UNMANAGEABLE - UNSKILLED - UNWIELDY

clumsy

  • adj. awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
  • adj. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
  • adj. awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
  • n. (informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.

awkward

  • adv. (obsolete) In a backwards direction.
  • adj. Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.
  • adj. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  • adj. Lacking social skills, or uncomfortable with social interaction.
  • adj. Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.
  • n. Someone or something that is awkward.

bunglesome

  • adj. Characterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent.

bungling

  • adj. Incompetent or inept.
  • n. An act or acts of incompetence or ineptitude.
  • v. present participle of bungle.

clunky

  • adj. (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.

cumbersome

  • adj. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious.
  • adj. Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
  • adj. Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.

fumbling

  • v. present participle of fumble.
  • n. An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

gawky

  • adj. awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.

inapt

  • adj. Unapt; not apt; unsuitable; inept.

incompetent

  • adj. Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
  • adj. Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
  • adj. (medicine) an incompetent cervix is one that opens too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.
  • n. A person who is incompetent.

inept

  • adj. Not able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
  • adj. Unfit; unsuitable.

infelicitous

  • adj. Unhappy or unfortunate.
  • adj. Inappropriate or awkward; not well said, expressed, or done.

ungainly

  • adj. Clumsy; lacking grace.
  • adj. Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unsuitable; unprofitable.
  • n. (rare) An ungainly person or thing.
  • adv. (obsolete) In an ungain manner; improperly; undeservedly, unduly; unsuitably.

unmanageable

  • adj. Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or…

unskilled

  • adj. Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
  • adj. Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
  • adj. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

unwieldy

  • adj. (obsolete) Lacking strength; weak.
  • adj. (obsolete) Ungraceful in movement.
  • adj. Difficult to carry, handle, manage or operate because of its size, weight, shape or complexity.
  • adj. Badly managed or operated.

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