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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

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

There were few of the omissions and misjudgements, little of the clumsiness and misdirection, that plague “Extremely Online.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

“Do you see what your clumsiness has cost me?”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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