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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Clumsy in form or manner; awkward.

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  • adjective informal Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.

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  • adjective lacking grace in movement or posture
  • adjective making a clunking sound

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Examples

  • The mythos upon which this movie hangs is admittedly a tad clunky from a Western standpoint - though it makes for a perfectly serviceable Eastern legend.

    As pilfered from my friends list 2006

  • You HATE the book, or the first sentence has glaring grammatical errors, or the whole point of the book is obtuse and lost in clunky prose.

    UPDATES - and Clowns With Big Signs...and stuff. deep_bluze 2004

  • Cheryl says it is a little bit "clunky" -- access is not so fast, however, it is a growing free tool for very young children.

    Archive 2008-06-01 2008

  • Cheryl says it is a little bit "clunky" -- access is not so fast, however, it is a growing free tool for very young children.

    Sites that Caught My Eye Today 06/01/2008 2008

  • The hardware design felt "clunky" -- especially the flimsy-feeling sliding of the touchscreen, needed to reveal the keyboard underneath.

    LinuxInsider 2008

  • “One Last Dance” is a wimpy ballad that owes its melody to Natalie Cole’s “Miss You Like Crazy”, but Alyssa’s voice has a certain clunky appeal.

    Gruesome Twosome: Looks 10, Musical Ability 3 Edition : Scrubbles.net 2006

  • “One Last Dance” is a wimpy ballad that owes its melody to Natalie Cole’s “Miss You Like Crazy”, but Alyssa’s voice has a certain clunky appeal.

    2006 July : Scrubbles.net 2006

  • I recall the clunky, ugly pages I wrought through those lessons — it gave me a feeling of power not dissimilar to my 1979 experiments with a ...

    2009 September « The Retort 2009

  • I recall the clunky, ugly pages I wrought through those lessons — it gave me a feeling of power not dissimilar to my 1979 experiments with a TI-99 running BASIC, when I commanded the ones and zeroes to:

    How I stopped worrying and learned to build a Web site « The Retort 2009

  • The thing about the Kindle is that it is quite clunky, which is perhaps an odd thing to say about a product so new on the market.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

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  • awkwardly heavy or clumsy: clunky software applications; clunky client-server.

    September 29, 2007