clumsy

“If we show that robots are kind of clumsy and a little stupid right now, it puts people at ease.”

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

He also advocated what he called "some trickier changes", such as changing the unpopular, clumsy chicane at Turn Five, and the section from there to Turn Seven.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Warsh’s clumsy explanation played a role in pushing up longer-term interest rates set by the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Planners call this the sequence-of-returns risk, which is a clumsy name for something simple.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

But the canoes were too big and clumsy.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Using the blower to herd balls around the park feels fairly intuitive, though naturally I'm much clumsier and slower than the pro landscapers.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Camille was funnier and weirder and clumsier — and happier.

From Salon ● May 30, 2025

And indeed, in clumsier hands, the episodic humiliations of Less, “this slapstick, ridiculous, zigzagging queer,” might quickly pall.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022

Apple doesn’t allow for native app streaming, requiring the likes of Microsoft to build a clumsier, web-based solution than what’s available on Android.

From The Verge ● Jun. 8, 2022

Sitting in the entrance, he tried to make the blackthorn wand levitate small stones at his feet; but his magic still seemed clumsier and less powerful than it had done before.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But there’s an earnest, yearning passion here that makes the film feel vital even at its clumsiest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

“Eminem hits clunker after clunker on “Revival,” his clumsiest record to date.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2018

The seven-speed Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has a feature called Active Rev Matching, which automatically adjusts the engine’s speed to smooth out your clumsiest shifts—something drivers once had to learn through practice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2018

The poor girl tumbled onto the ice as if she were the world’s clumsiest 15-year-old, milliseconds after she had appeared to be the most graceful one.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2014

I was the clumsiest, worst party butler Mrs. Dawson ever had, and to her everlasting credit, she did not fire me right away.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride