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Clumsiness

//ˈklʌm.zi.nəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy. countable, uncountable

    "He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness."

  2. 2
    the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) wordnet
  3. 3
    the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant wordnet
  4. 4
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training wordnet

Etymology

From clumsy + -ness.

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