klutz

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Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

That’s great, but it won’t be appreciated by anyone who isn’t a klutz, an adventurer, or an adventurous klutz.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022

Her Zoey is a bit of a klutz, a bit of a goof, a little tight, a little timid and, like Rob in “High Fidelity,” a veteran of failed relationships.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2020

In the first excerpt, Tate—the real Tate, not Robbie’s—is a bespectacled klutz, tripping over Dean Martin’s luggage as he checks into a hotel.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2019

Have to get over this savior complex, I instruct myself, no one wants to be rescued by a klutz.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich