ungainly

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The team recently published a paper on the results of studies using an earlier, more ungainly version of their wireless sensor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

If their first step toward the Super Bowl is going to be this ungainly, how much longer can they stay upright?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2026

Everyone agrees it looks ungainly, but it's the least worst solution in the circumstances.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

Sam Quinones celebrates this ungainly instrument and its players in “The Perfect Tuba,” a delightfully offbeat book with unexpectedly profound overtones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

He was so heavy and so ungainly, it would be just like him to break a wrist or twist his ankle getting out of the way.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin