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Meanings of awkwardness in английском

испанский
torpeza

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

torpeza
испанский
torpeza

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

torpeza
каталонский
incomoditat
испанский
molestia

The quality of an embarrassing situation.

incomoditat

Trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape.

Синонимы
Examples for "unwieldiness"
Examples for "unwieldiness"
1
Even a sawed-off job had a certain unwieldiness compared to a handgun.
Death angel
2
But, the collie, for all his years and unwieldiness, was still a collie.
Further Adventures of Lad
3
The problem with the UK's three-pronged monster is its unwieldiness.
Wired
4
At last, after days of painful crawling, I dragged my unwieldiness to the tree-foot.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
5
Armies too large rot by their own unwieldiness into decay.
Pausanias, the Spartan; The Haunted and the Haunters / An Unfini...
1
De Chenu's exhibition has none of the cumbersomeness the title might suggest.
The Irish Times
2
The ugly cumbersomeness of the furniture alone impressed her now.
Night and Day
3
Owing to its cumbersomeness the old-fashioned way of handling it becomes obsolete, and new methods will have to be adopted and hydraulic machinery procured.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
Usage of awkwardness in английском
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 through the time
Awkwardness across language varieties
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United States of America
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