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Meanings of awkward in English
Not elegant or graceful in expression.
Related terms
Hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment.
Synonyms
Examples for "clumsy"
Examples for "clumsy"
1
The top bolt was within easy reach of his clumsy right paw.
2
It was the crisis, and into it Mollie intruded with clumsy tread.
3
Its confusion rendered it clumsy; and the mistake cost it its life.
4
My work boots felt way too clumsy with their thick rubber soles.
5
For a moment Powell yearned to blast this well-meaning clumsy young normal.
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Existing legislation is cumbersome, complicated and ineffective in our increasingly urban society.
2
That's one way to solve the storage problem, albeit a cumbersome one.
3
The structure of the proposed Public Services Standards Commission is unduly cumbersome.
4
However, the interpretation of shear modulus distribution is often confusing and cumbersome.
5
His enormous sea shells, cast in polished bronze, are cumbersome and costly.
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Its 19-member board looked unwieldy and reluctant to challenge management, investors said.
2
But not too simple: That's a market the unwieldy throw-bots have cornered.
3
German supervisory boards, which usually have 20 members, tend to be unwieldy.
4
It made them into a unit for her, however unwieldy and unreliable.
5
Each entry listed the planet under its unwieldy and foreign-sounding new name.
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Quite another to borrow money to fund a bloated, inept, patronage-driven state.
2
Back in the day, they used to be extremely hapless and inept.
3
Greece's national accounts turned out to be fiction and the state inept.
4
Seeking reaction from Argentinians who were so horribly inept is heavy work.
5
At first, I thought it was a comment on my inept synopsis.
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Nothing had changed her mood since his uncle paid his ill-chosen visit.
2
Given that the film is quite dull, that title now looks supremely ill-chosen.
3
In form it seemed perfect-nota superfluous or an ill-chosen word.
4
I perceived that what I had said was an ill-chosen thing.
5
Reformers are apt to be pelted with epithets quite as ill-chosen.
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Grey was a charming study in sepia. The description was not inapt.
2
Malcolm thought Cedric's name of Dr. Dryasdust was not an inapt title.
3
Her defense was weak and inapt but she attained her object.
4
So much Alaric had learnt, and had been no inapt scholar.
5
Why, he fetches up all the inapt, disagreeable, and harrowing things in his life.
Socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner.
Related terms
Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.
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Usage of awkward in English
1
This takes us back to the awkward problem of money and priorities.
2
Which is a relatively friendly and diplomatic solution to an awkward situation.
3
Today was the first time he'd seen her since that awkward introduction.
4
The Director said to smooth awkward situation he would just stand around.
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The routes are awkward; the companies involved do not coordinate their efforts.
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She'd shoved the paper into his hand and said an awkward goodbye.
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It has the right amount of web-slinging action and awkward teen situations.
8
And not least for Ireland where treaty change has been, well, awkward.
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He saw no reason to run the risk of an awkward surprise.
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It's very awkward for those parents who have children in different schools.
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But this is a player making the best of an awkward situation.
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We can only imagine how awkward their family get-togethers are these days.
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The show of independence among state-owned banks comes at an awkward time.
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For the Government, all of this could present some awkward policy options.
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This dynamic puts America's serving senior officers in a sometimes awkward situation.
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So at this point, it's safe to say things are pretty awkward.
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Awkward across language varieties
Australia
Common
Canada
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South Africa
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