clumsy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.

You men are so clumsy. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
Printing is a clumsy process. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Yes, now then, clumsy seal!" — The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

gawky, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy

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