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Significados de awkwardness en inglés

español
torpeza

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

torpeza
español
torpeza

The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

torpeza
catalán
incomoditat
español
molestia

The quality of an embarrassing situation.

molestia

Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.

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Examples for "nuisance value"
Examples for "nuisance value"
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This will give the Democrats plenty of nuisance value, but not much actual power.
The Guardian
2
After an ad break, the comments from listeners concerned the nuisance value of election posters.
The Irish Times
3
They wanted nuisance value and they sure got it.
The Demolished Man
4
Opposition is of no mere nuisance value.
The South African
5
A former colleague once aptly described such an attitude as "'news sense' value which gets transformed into ' nuisance value'."
Behind the News: Voices from Goa's Press
Uso de awkwardness en inglés
1
There was an awkwardness building; we were struggling to find common ground.
The Guardian
2
One of my colleagues was commenting on the awkwardness of this situation.
Fire With Fire
3
The duke was the first to relieve the awkwardness of the moment.
The Goose Girl
4
In movement and speech she was brisk to the point of awkwardness.
The Information Officer
5
That was the major reason I avoided you myself, to avoid awkwardness.
Knife of dreams
6
He was aware of the social awkwardness her lack of furniture caused.
The house
7
She was the first to recover from the awkwardness of the moment.
Gilian The Dreamer: His Fancy, His Love and Adventure
8
Today, no one did, and so a lot of awkwardness was avoided.
Anathem
9
It takes a winning kind of confidence to play awkwardness so well.
The Irish Times
10
And, somehow, all the awkwardness of the meeting between the two vanished.
Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
11
He supposed it was his natural awkwardness that made him feel so.
Ethan Frome
12
Mirren still relished the experience of meeting the royals, despite the awkwardness.
Independent.ie
13
The racket and confusion, shouts, profanity and general awkwardness were something tremendous.
The Rules of the Game
14
At one time he condemned a blacksmith to hard labor for awkwardness.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 03 (of 15), Spanish...
15
Ryan, for a split second, looks into the camera out of awkwardness.
News.com.au
16
Any attempt to describe myself would end in awkwardness, confusion and contradiction.
The Guardian
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Translations for awkwardness
Awkwardness a través del tiempo
Awkwardness por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
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Estados Unidos de América
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