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(noun) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape: "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" |
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Synonyms: cumbersomeness, unwieldiness |
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Related Words: inconvenience, troublesomeness, worriment |
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(noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) |
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Synonyms: clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness |
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Related Words: gaucherie, inelegance, rusticity |
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(noun) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant |
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Synonyms: clumsiness |
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Related Words: bearing, carriage, gawkiness, gracelessness, posture, stiffness, ungainliness, ungracefulness |
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Antonyms: gracefulness |
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(noun) the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal" |
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Synonyms: inconvenience, nuisance value |
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Related Words: disadvantage |
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(noun) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
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Synonyms: clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness |
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Related Words: unskillfulness |
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