oafish

Example Sentences

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He won fame as the oafish son-in-law Michael "Meathead" Stivic on groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," before transitioning to directing.

From Barron's

I looked back at Samir and noticed for the first time that his eyes were sincerely brown, no stain or splatter—when everything else about him was shaggy and oafish.

From Literature

It is, on one level, a crime thriller built from familiar Scorsesean elements: demanding father figures and feckless heirs, treacherous husbands and neglected wives, oafish goons and ruthless assassins, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the light charm, mostly offered by Shen as the oafish sidekick, serves as a saving grace amid the shadowy political games.

From New York Times

You shouldn’t deny yourself a good technology because some oafish environmentalist tried to force it on you.

From Washington Post