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The definition of clumsy is someone or something that is shaped, made or moves awkwardly.

(adjective)

A conversation in a movie that doesn't make sense is an example of clumsy writing.
Someone tripping over their own feet is an example of clumsy.

See clumsy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

lacking grace or skill in movement; awkward
awkwardly shaped or made; ill-constructed
badly contrived; inelegant: a clumsy style

Origin: ME clumsid, numb with cold, pp. of clumsen, to benumb < ON base akin to Swed dial klummsen, to benumb with the cold; akin to clam: for IE base see climb

Related Forms:

clumsily adverb
clumsiness noun

See clumsy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective clum·si·er, clum·si·est

Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence.
Gauche; inept: a clumsy excuse.

Origin:

Origin: From obsolete clumse, to be numb with cold

Origin: , from Middle English clomsen

Origin: , of Scandinavian origin

Related Forms:

clumˈsi·ly adverb

clumˈsi·ness noun

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