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clumsiness

noun as in maladroitness

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We've excluded penalties to show how good United have been at creating and restricting chances themselves, rather than relying on opposition clumsiness or shirt-pulling like they did to score the winner against Burnley.

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“I’m sure we all have fractured toes from stuff like this...Just clumsiness I guess.”

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These include difficulty concentrating, depression, stumbling and clumsiness, involuntary jerking of the limbs and body, mood swings and personality changes, problems swallowing, speaking and breathing.

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The game, unsurprisingly, was a cavalcade of clumsiness.

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"I regret my clumsiness and lack of care in choosing my words and can see the upset and offence they caused," he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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