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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?"

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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"

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unfortunate

adj. unsuitable or regrettable; "an unfortunate choice of words"; "an unfortunate speech"

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