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lubberly
adj. clumsy and unskilled; "a big stupid lubberly fellow"
gawky, ungainly, unwieldy
adj. lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
awkward, ungainly, bunglesome
adj. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
awkward, inept, inapt, ill-chosen
adj. not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
Fuzzynyms (85)
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
adj. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
inadequate, bungling, feckless, ineffective, inept
adj. generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
inadequate, bungling, feckless, ineffective, inept
adj. generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
awkward, inept, clumsy, inapt, ill-chosen
adj. not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
awkward, clumsy, ungainly, bunglesome
adj. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
maladroit, awkward
adj. not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"
clownish, boorish, loutish, neanderthal, oafish
adj. ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behavior or appearance; "was boorish and insensitive"; "the loutish manners of a bully"; "her stupid oafish husband"; "aristocratic contempt for the swinish multitude"
gauche, graceless, unpolished
adj. lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
adj. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
common, crude, vulgar, coarse
adj. lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
artless, unsophisticated, unworldly
adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
tactless, untactful
adj. lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age"
clumsy, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy
adj. lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
inadequate, bungling, feckless, ineffective, inept
adj. generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
awkward, inept, clumsy, inapt, ill-chosen
adj. not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"
bulky
adj. of large size for its weight
clumsy, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy
adj. lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
inadequate, bungling, feckless, ineffective, inept
adj. generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
awkward, clumsy, ungainly, bunglesome
adj. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
gauche, graceless, unpolished
adj. lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
Synonyms (30)
amateur, unprofessional, amateurish
adj. lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
crude, artless, inexpert
adj. showing lack of art; "an artless translation"
butcherly, botchy, unskillful, unskilful
adj. poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"
bungled
adj. spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job"
menial, humble, lowly
adj. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
incompetent
adj. showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
rusty, out of practice
adj. impaired in skill by neglect
semiskilled
adj. possessing or requiring limited skills; "semiskilled dockworkers"; "a semiskilled job"
unpolished, agrestic
adj. (of behavior) rustic and uncouth; "the agrestic behavior of a country boy"
strained, labored, laboured, graceless
adj. lacking natural ease; "a labored style of debating"
ungraceful, wooden
adj. lacking grace; clumsy; "a graceless production of the play"; "his stature low...his bearing ungraceful"- Sir Walter Scott
ponderous, cumbersome, cumbrous
adj. difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous protective clothing"
unfortunate
adj. unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"
Antonyms (3)
graceful
adj. characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution
manageable, wieldy
adj. easy to handle or use or manage; "a large but wieldy book"
clumsy
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