ungainly

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At the Park Avenue Armory, Benjamin Millepied’s camera-assisted contemporary version of Prokofiev’s Shakespeare-inspired ballet makes an ungainly patchwork out of the classic tale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 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

They lay the ungainly elf on the guest bed and quietly shut the door.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin