Clunky

Synonyms for "clunky" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (1)

Adjective(1 words)

Related words (3)

Adjective(2 words)

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Translations

19 translations across 7 languages.

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Dutch

2 entries
  • onbeholpen adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • onhandig adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

German

2 entries
  • klobig adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • schwerfällig adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • prakket adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • tungvint adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • upraktisk adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • desajeitado adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

Russian

1 entries
  • неуклюжий adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aparatoso adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • burdo adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • desgarbado adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • difícil de usar adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

Turkish

3 entries
  • elverişsiz adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • hantal adj (ungainly and awkward to use)
  • kullanışsız adj (ungainly and awkward to use)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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It's old and clunky.

Source: tatoeba (1546495)

The UX of the app is really clunky.

Source: tatoeba (10250700)

"Did I express it right?" "It just sounds a bit clunky." "Then how do you think I should say it?"

Source: tatoeba (10557461)

In the 1990s, well into the computer era, personal computers were still unappealing beige boxes with clunky keys and a tangle of cables.

Source: tatoeba (11020467)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.