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clumsiness

[kluhm-zee-nis] / ˈklʌm zi nɪs /


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O’Hara sinks into the role, embracing the inherent clumsiness of community theater while celebrating its flaws.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

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

We've excluded penalties to show how good United have been at creating and restricting chances themselves, rather than relying on opposition clumsiness or shirt-pulling like they did to score the winner against Burnley.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2025

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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