clumsiness
/ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/
clumsiness noun: a lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
Noun
clumsiness (countable and uncountable, plural clumsinesses)
- A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
- He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.
- "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
clumsiness meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam
clumsiness in Hindi
- clumsiness, awkwardness
- उजड्डपन ujaḍḍapan
clumsiness in Tamil
- மட்டி, நயமில்லாத, சீர்கேடு, குதனைக்கேடு
clumsiness in Malayalam
- വൈരൂപ്യം, വിലക്ഷണത, പ്രാകൃതത്വം
Forms of clumsiness
| plural | clumsinesses |
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Origin of clumsiness
From clumsy + -ness.
Questions about clumsiness
- What does clumsiness mean?
- Clumsiness means a lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
- What is clumsiness in Hindi?
- Clumsiness in Hindi is उजड्डपन (ujaḍḍapan). See Clumsiness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is clumsiness?
- Clumsiness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce clumsiness?
- Clumsiness is pronounced /ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/.
- What is the plural of clumsiness?
- The plural of clumsiness is clumsinesses.
Words near clumsiness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: clumsiness (page history and authors); उजड्डपन (Hindi) (page history and authors); clumsiness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clumsiness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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