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View definitions for ungainly

ungainly

adjective as in clumsy

adjective as in cumbersome

adjective as in clumsy

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It's exquisite, even allowing for the rather ungainly noses forced on this era of F1 cars by the regulations.

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Sample review: "An ungainly mess, submerged in mayhem, occasionally surfacing for cliches."

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She and the other three dozen Mexican immigrants in the field were bent at an almost 90-degree angle, using two hands to pack strawberries into plastic containers that they pushed along on ungainly one-wheeled carts.

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Overall, with most paintings bland, unadventurous or ungainly, he just isn’t that good — perhaps unsurprising for a serious career that didn’t last much more than a decade.

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As written, he’s a bit of an ungainly construction.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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