clumsy

Modifying Another Word

• somewhat: The ECB does not help itself by its often somewhat clumsy use of words.
• rather: Using sets The techniques used to grow the arrays in the code shown above are rather clumsy to say the least.
• slightly: Eve was in a happy - if not slightly clumsy mood.
• extremely: To make matters worse, it's all dealt with in an extremely clumsy fashion within the film.
• particularly: A particularly clumsy timbered truss was used to support the outshut.
• sometimes: That said, the film's simplistic narrative, and sometimes clumsy dialog doesn't give her much to work with.

Preposition: by

comparison: They are so very slender and all the reinforced concrete ones which I have designed have been clumsy by comparison.

Infinitive complement

use: Their disadvantage is that they are slightly clumsy to use, requiring you to supply a separate function.

Modifies a noun

• oaf: Would you like to make the buttons bigger you clumsy oaf.
• attempt: The priest should forgive his clumsy attempt at humor.
• handling: Their clumsy handling has only added to the public's outrage.
• challenge: Reds defender Liam Coyne's clumsy challenge on Rob Ward was adjudged by referee Dave Benton to be a penalty.
• finger: Interface - With my fat clumsy fingers, I struggle to interface with most of my devices.
• phrase: This rather clumsy phrase is abbreviated to the placebo effect.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: And wielding the right-hand bit around as a mouse just seems plain clumsy.
• feel: I feel clumsy, insufficiently prepared, a little unworthy perhaps.
• look: It even looks clumsy, don't you agree?
• sound: Planning and control could be called'managing the operation on a day-to-day basis' except that it sounds too clumsy.
• become: Even at the level of letter identification, the layer model become clumsy.
• get: When they don't we tend to go round their house and get clumsy.