[ US /ˈkɫəŋki/ ]
[ UK /klˈʌŋki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking grace in movement or posture
    a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
    clumsy fingers
    heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
    what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
  2. making a clunking sound
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How To Use clunky In A Sentence

  • Perhaps I've been corrupted by Photoshop, but regardless, the GIMP just feels unusably arcane and clunky. December 29th, 2007
  • The clunky village line is the only wrong note in a film composed of beautifully placed ones. Times, Sunday Times
  • Forget clunky mobiles and oversized tablets - wearable technology is the next frontier. Times, Sunday Times
  • The story covers much well-worn territory, and the dialogue can be clunky. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is a sign of how quickly technology can evolve that those desktops, once the sign of individual liberation, now seem somewhat clunky themselves.
  • Some of the dialogue is clunky and dated, perhaps, and some of the plots just plain don't work, but apart from some poorly reproduced art, these collections would be cheap at twice the price.
  • More often than not scenes feel forced and clunky, as the characters none too subtly have to crowbar in the next crucial revelation, or narrative device.
  • That is one of the better moments in filmed science fiction and Darabont nails his critique of the clunky VO. Frank Darabont Hates The Blade Runner Voice-Over
  • Ditch the summer's clunky ethnic beads for lady-like pearls, vintage jewellery, an old-fashioned handbag, leather gloves and a flash of stocking.
  • Yes, once again, it was the same Ian Judge staging, an animated, fluent show that mixes up 18th-century period niceties and '50s culture - a tippling Countess languishes on her bed dialing a big, clunky, corded phone, the men at times wear britches and stockings with their buckled clodhoppers, later choosing modern-day suits. Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season
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