clunky

Example Sentences

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“Our early trials of ChatGPT’s update are still rather clunky and not ideal. Consumers aren’t yet seeing a materially different path to purchase.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Though there were misses like the 1960s-era Picture Phone, which was too expensive and clunky for its day, its golden age lasted from the late 1920s until the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

“The Forsytes” is a clunky visual feast, but it’s also a new hot dish in an expanding buffet of eat-the-rich takes that materializes what one imagines a serialized adaptation of Gentlemen’s Quarterly would look like.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

This one is big and clunky, with a screen that’s more like a box instead of thin and flat.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy