Clumsiness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊntɚtʃˌɑːɹdʒd/

🇬🇧British English

/daɪlˈatɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/daɪlˈatɪv/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊntɚtʃˌɑːɹdʒd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

stiffness ineptitude ineptness gracelessness awkwardness slowness maladroitness

Antonyms

gracefulness

Word Forms

awkward	adjective	not elegant or graceful in expression
clumsy	adjective	showing lack of skill or aptitude
inept	adjective	not elegant or graceful in expression
maladroit	adjective	not adroit
slow	adjective	slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity; ; ; - Thackeray
graceless	adjective	lacking social polish
stiff	adjective	rigidly formal

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ungeschicklichkeit

Unfähigkeit aufgrund mangelnder Ausbildung

🇫🇷French

maladresse

incompétence résultant d'un manque de formation

🇪🇸Spanish

torpeza

Incapacidad resultante de la falta de formación.

🇮🇹Italian

goffaggine

inabilità derivante da una mancanza di formazione

🇳🇱Dutch

onhandigheid

onvaardigheid die het gevolg is van een gebrek aan opleiding

🇵🇹Portuguese

falta de jeito

inabilidade resultante da falta de treinamento

🇷🇺Russian

неуклюжесть

неумелость, возникающая из-за отсутствия подготовки

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भद्दापन

प्रशिक्षण की कमी से उत्पन्न अकुशलता

🇧🇩Bengali

আনাড়ি

প্রশিক্ষণের অভাবের ফলে অদক্ষতা

🇮🇳Tamil

விகாரமான தன்மை

பயிற்சியின்மையால் ஏற்படும் திறமையின்மை

🇮🇳Telugu

వికృతం

శిక్షణ లేకపోవడం వల్ల ఏర్పడే నైపుణ్యం లేనితనం

🇮🇳Marathi

अनाठायीपणा

प्रशिक्षणाच्या अभावामुळे अकुशलता

🇮🇳Gujarati

અણઘડપણું

તાલીમના અભાવને કારણે અકુશળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಕಾರತೆ

ತರಬೇತಿಯ ಕೊರತೆಯಿಂದ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിചിത്രത

പരിശീലനത്തിൻ്റെ അഭാവത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള കഴിവില്ലായ്മ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਢੰਗੀ

ਸਿਖਲਾਈ ਦੀ ਕਮੀ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਅਕੁਸ਼ਲਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

اناڑی پن

تربیت کی کمی کے نتیجے میں بے ہنر پن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

笨拙

缺乏训练导致的不熟练

🇯🇵Japanese

不器用さ

訓練不足に起因する未熟さ

🇰🇷Korean

서투름

훈련 부족으로 인한 미숙함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự vụng về

sự không khéo léo do thiếu đào tạo

🇹🇭Thai

ความซุ่มซ่าม

ความไร้ฝีมืออันเกิดจากการขาดการอบรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

kecanggungan

ketidak terampilan akibat kurangnya pelatihan

🇵🇭Filipino

kakulitan

kawalan ng kakayahan na nagreresulta mula sa kakulangan ng pagsasanay

🇲🇾Malay

kekok

ketidakmahiran akibat kekurangan latihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الخرقاء

- عدم المهارة الناتجة عن نقص التدريب

🇮🇷Persian

دست و پا چلفتی

عدم مهارت ناشی از فقدان آموزش

🇹🇷Turkish

beceriksizlik

eğitim eksikliğinden kaynaklanan beceriksizlik

🇮🇱Hebrew

סִרבּוּל

חוסר מיומנות כתוצאה מחוסר הכשרה

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The primary meaning of 'clumsiness' is 'unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training'.

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