clumsiness

noun

1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

• Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑ineptness, ↑ineptitude, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑slowness), ↑maladroit (for: ↑maladroitness), ↑inept (for: ↑ineptness), ↑clumsy, ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)

• Hypernyms: ↑unskillfulness

• Hyponyms: ↑rustiness

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

• Syn: ↑awkwardness

• Ant: ↑gracefulness (for: ↑awkwardness)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑clumsy

• Hypernyms: ↑carriage, ↑bearing, ↑posture

• Hyponyms: ↑gracelessness, ↑ungracefulness, ↑gawkiness, ↑ungainliness, ↑stiffness

3. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑gracelessness, ↑stiffness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑stiff (for: ↑stiffness), ↑graceless (for: ↑gracelessness), ↑clumsy, ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)

• Hypernyms: ↑inelegance

• Hyponyms: ↑woodenness, ↑rusticity, ↑gaucherie