Definition: 1. Lacking grace in movement or posture. 2. Not elegant or graceful in expression. 3. Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape. 4. Showing lack of skill or aptitude.
Use 'clumsy' in a sentence:
1. He is still smarting over criticism of his victorious but clumsy performance.
2. He had lately begun to make clumsy yet endearing overtures of friendship.
3. They can seem forgetful and clumsy.
4. Jack is clumsy with his hands.
5. Its body looks heavy and clumsy when it has eaten its fill.
6. The cute but clumsy pink piglet, McDull, just might be the most contagious thing this summer.
7. His clumsy movement attracted the police.
8. But it is clumsy.
9. He was troubled; it was sure that his technique had been clumsy.
10. His movements were clumsy, and his gait peculiarly awkward.
11. A clumsy dog knocked the cup over.
12. His clumsy speech annoyed everyone.
13. She made a clumsy attempt to comfort us.
14. It works, but it's very clumsy.
15. Martha gave her hand a clumsy little shake, as if she was not accustomed to this sort of thing either.
16. I spilt your coffee. Sorry — that was clumsy of me.
17. Then one of them had the brilliant idea of imitating Philip's clumsy run.
18. It's not easy walking in these clumsy shoes.
19. Yes, you are often clumsy, even inept.
20. He is clumsy at cricket.
21. How clumsy of me to break the vase!
22. He denied the announcement was clumsy and insensitive.
23. Or you may just laugh about how clumsy you are.
24. The clumsy workman put his elbow through the window and broke it.
25. You may be feeling clumsy and off-balance these days.
26. The Yidais were slow in reaction. They could not fly very high and seemed clumsy and incapable.
27. It was a clumsy looking aeroplane.
28. He is clumsy with his hands.
29. But he was clumsy.
30. Unfortunately, I was still very clumsy behind the wheel of the jeep.
31. So don't think that your "thank you" was clumsy or awkwardly formal.
32. And. a clumsy one at that.
33. The camera now had to be encased in a big, clumsy, unmovable soundproof box.
34. The clumsy bear is very funny when shaking its head.
35. There are no clumsy string operations.
36. I spilt your coffee. Sorry—that was clumsy of me.
37. It gasped and muttered, "Clumsy."
38. Whether from jealousy or fear of someone who looked so different, my older brothers sometimes teased me about my unpleasing skin, or made fun of my clumsy walk.
39. It's clumsy to use.
40. But it was a clumsy one.
41. He is a clumsy swimmer.
42. The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy.
43. They sat down and he took a clumsy little brown paper package out of his coat pocket.
44. She made a clumsy attempt to apologize.
45. The keyboard is a large and clumsy instrument as far as portable computers are concerned.
46. He listened, and heard an ant-king complaint: "Why cannot folks, with their clumsy beasts, keep off our bodies?"
47. The complaints procedure is clumsy and time-consuming.
48. His clumsy fingers couldn't untie the knot.
49. Mind that cup, you clumsy oaf!
50. He tried to dance, but he was too clumsy and awkward.
51. I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer.
