ungainly
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Chris Waddle: Ungainly and unpredictable – which made him a difficult man to mark.
From Reuters • Jul. 10, 2018
Ungainly, unattractive, and in general unlike what you’d expect from a commercial product, the rEvolve nevertheless does a whole lot to improve on HTC and Valve’s pioneering VR headset design.
From The Verge • Jul. 10, 2017
Ungainly falls from the pommel horse by two of their more reliable competitors.
From Washington Post • Aug. 6, 2016
Ungainly and desperate for sure, funny perhaps, but much more than just joking around.
From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2010
Ungainly, labouring, huge, The wind of the north has twisted and gnarled its branches; Yet in the heat of midsummer days, when thunderclouds ring the horizon, A nation of men shall rest beneath its shade.
From The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets by Rittenhouse, Jessie Belle
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