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ungainly
[ uhn-geyn-lee ]
adjective
- not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy:
an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
adverb
- in an awkward manner.
ungainly
/ ÊŒ²Ôˈɡ±ðɪ²Ô±ôɪ /
adjective
- lacking grace when moving
- difficult to move or use; unwieldy
- rare.crude or coarse
adverb
- rare.clumsily
Derived Forms
- ³Ü²Ôˈ²µ²¹¾±²Ô±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlogs From
- ³Ü²Ô·²µ²¹¾±²Ôl¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ungainly1
Example Sentences
Overall, with most paintings bland, unadventurous or ungainly, he just isn’t that good — perhaps unsurprising for a serious career that didn’t last much more than a decade.
As written, he’s a bit of an ungainly construction.
Box office glory didn’t override the reservation enough Tony voters clearly had about its overwrought anthems, ungainly storytelling and heavy-handed politics.
The cast of Renaissance characters is also large and somewhat ungainly, populated with outsize historical players that include Michelangelo, Savonarola, Raphael, Niccolò Machiavelli, Cesare Borgia, various popes, assorted Medicis and many more.
Those action-packed story arcs are awkwardly condensed, and the pacing is almost always ungainly.
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