clumsiness
A lack of coordination or eleganceA lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
» Excuse my clumsiness.
Entschuldige meine Ungeschicklichkeit.
Entschuldige meine Unbeholfenheit.
Entschuldigt meine Unbeholfenheit.
Entschuldigen Sie meine Unbeholfenheit.
Извините мою неуклюжесть.
Извините меня за мою неловкость.
Прошу прощения за свою неловкость.
Вибачте мене за незграбність.
Перепрошую за мою незграбність.
Перепрошую за незграбність.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.
Ungeschicklichkeit, Plumpheit, Unbeholfenheit
неуклю́жестьneukljúžestʹ, неповоро́тливостьnepovorótlivostʹ
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Examples
6 sentencesExcuse my clumsiness.
Вибачте мене за незграбність. — deniko
ruИзвините мою неуклюжесть. — las
deEntschuldige meine Ungeschicklichkeit. — Esperantostern
Pardon my clumsiness.
Перепрошую за мою незграбність. — deniko
deEntschuldige meine Ungeschicklichkeit. — Esperantostern
She broke a jar through clumsiness.
She broke a vase out of clumsiness.
deAus Ungeschick zerbrach sie eine Vase. — Esperantostern
Your clumsiness will get you into big trouble one day.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
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Forms
plural: clumsinesses| Singular | clumsiness |
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Synonyms
7 synonyms- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment):awkwardnessgracelessnessstiffness
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant:awkwardness
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training:awkwardnessineptnessineptitudemaladroitnessslowness
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable