ungainly

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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 • Mar. 18, 2026

Everyone agrees it looks ungainly, but it's the least worst solution in the circumstances.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

In a bid to purge subjectivity, the definitions were written in a style that was minutely descriptive but might charitably be called ungainly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

I’d collapse one into the other, building a loaded potato so ungainly it should have come with a warning sign.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

He gave an ungainly wobble, and the golden egg, still damp from the bath, slipped from under his arm.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling