clumsy
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What’s weird and slightly clumsy is that he said he was taking a break from his golf game only to show up on the course with another friend/potential client.
From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026
“What began as clumsy phone calls from fake IRS agents demanding gift cards has evolved into something far more sophisticated and far harder to dismiss,” Dressler says.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
By then, Piastri had already caused himself further trouble because of a clumsy collision with Williams' Alex Albon, for which he was given a 10-second penalty.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Mary, on the other hand, is a clumsy bird who, in Hadlow’s telling, becomes a perfectly capable duckling swimming fiercely amid a bevy of swans.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Not that I stood much of a chance, surrounded as she was by all these clever rich boys in dark suits; me, with my clumsy hands and suburban ways.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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