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Clumsiness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Clumsiness has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

2

the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

3

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

4

A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

Related Terms
Antonyms
gracefulness
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unskillfulness carriage inelegance
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
rustiness gracelessness gawkiness stiffness woodenness rusticity
Rhyming Words
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