clumsy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.

   He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.

2. 2
   adj

   Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.

   It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.

3. 3
   noun

   A clumsy person.

   On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.

4. 4
   adj

   not elegant or graceful in expression

5. 5
   adj

   lacking grace in movement or posture

6. 6
   adj

   showing lack of skill or aptitude

7. 7
   adj

   difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

8. 8
   adj

   Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

Etymology

Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.