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clumsiness

[kluhm-zee-nis] / ˈklʌm zi nɪs /


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She spilled Coke on her sari and figured her clumsiness would doom the engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 25, 2025

Some of this clumsiness is simply the endearing choreography of learning something new.

From Salon Dec. 20, 2025

The game, unsurprisingly, was a cavalcade of clumsiness.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

A child's personality and behavior may change, and clumsiness or stumbling develops between the ages of five and ten.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2024

They’d try to rid me of my clumsiness, but they wouldn’t be able to.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine




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