klutz

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Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

And while I’ve long lusted over hand-built fountains and elaborate ponds, I’m a klutz when it comes to building things from scratch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

As for durability, I’ve never broken an Apple Watch before — and I’m a klutz.

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2022

“I always felt like a klutz next to those other skinny girls, as we twirled our adorable little parasols,” she said in an interview with The New York Times Magazine in 1974.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019

Woe to the klutz who dropped a box of cards on the floor.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly