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ungainly

[uhn-geyn-lee] / ʌnˈgeɪn li /




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Even in the curtained gloom the ungainly bulk beside me was unmistakable.

From Literature

Moreover, at the point where it should be winding down, it instead stacks up an ungainly pile of endings; I would have cut maybe 20 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new parody is lurching and ungainly, though: Stitching parts of various things together seems to come easier to mad scientists than filmmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The team recently published a paper on the results of studies using an earlier, more ungainly version of their wireless sensor.

From The Wall Street Journal

If their first step toward the Super Bowl is going to be this ungainly, how much longer can they stay upright?

From Los Angeles Times