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Significats de awkward en anglès

Not elegant or graceful in expression.

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Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.

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Examples for "embarrassing"
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I can't seem to stop myself answering everything they ask, however embarrassing.
The Atrocity Archives
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The military has taken deep and embarrassing cuts: aircraft carriers without aircraft.
The Guardian
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Five years ago there were several embarrassing auto burglaries from the lot.
The incumbent
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Splashing out all over the place in the most embarrassing way possible.
Tell the Wolves I’m Home
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I'd say that's a very serious and embarrassing error for everybody responsible.
News.com.au
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The wagon-covers became sticky in the sun, and rigid in the cold.
Famous Americans of Recent Times
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Likewise, consider a short rappel or tension traverse to circumnavigate sticky problems.
Climbing Magazine
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That includes the sticky topic of mutual assessments of national financial systems.
Reuters
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They asked some really sticky questions about computers and discipline for learning.
The Irish Times
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And you know how to get out of a sticky situation too.
The last 10 seconds
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For his opposite number Brian Ashton the result produced an unenviable double.
The Irish Times
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Mr Thomson said import-export firms were being put in an unenviable position.
Radio NZ
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This is the unenviable position in which the party currently finds itself.
The Guardian
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Executions in the Market Place seem to have had an unenviable notoriety.
Wanderings in Wessex / An Exploration of the Southern Realm from...
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Twenty years later the vicinity of the Rose gained an unenviable reputation.
Inns and Taverns of Old London

Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner.

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Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.

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Ús de awkward en anglès
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This takes us back to the awkward problem of money and priorities.
The Guardian
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Which is a relatively friendly and diplomatic solution to an awkward situation.
Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the peop...
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Today was the first time he'd seen her since that awkward introduction.
Agent 6
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The Director said to smooth awkward situation he would just stand around.
The new yorker
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The routes are awkward; the companies involved do not coordinate their efforts.
The Guardian
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She'd shoved the paper into his hand and said an awkward goodbye.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
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It has the right amount of web-slinging action and awkward teen situations.
News.com.au
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And not least for Ireland where treaty change has been, well, awkward.
The Irish Times
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He saw no reason to run the risk of an awkward surprise.
Blind Man's Alley
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It's very awkward for those parents who have children in different schools.
The Irish Times
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But this is a player making the best of an awkward situation.
The Guardian
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We can only imagine how awkward their family get-togethers are these days.
The South African
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The show of independence among state-owned banks comes at an awkward time.
Reuters
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For the Government, all of this could present some awkward policy options.
The Irish Times
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This dynamic puts America's serving senior officers in a sometimes awkward situation.
Reuters
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So at this point, it's safe to say things are pretty awkward.
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