oafish
Example Sentences
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A cartoonish monument depicting a certain oafish world leader dominates the intersection outside.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
He won fame as the oafish son-in-law Michael "Meathead" Stivic on groundbreaking 1970s sitcom "All in the Family," before transitioning to directing.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
It is, on one level, a crime thriller built from familiar Scorsesean elements: demanding father figures and feckless heirs, treacherous husbands and neglected wives, oafish goons and ruthless assassins, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Although she is buoyant and cheerful, Nikuko is cast as oafish and uncouth, and she is always ultimately the butt of the joke.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Everyone gawked at everyone else in oafish surprise.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
