ungainliness
- noun
- /ʌnˈɡeɪnliːnəs/
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torpeza
- This does not apply to the A380, a plane whose ungainliness will, I assure you, prove timeless.
Examples
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The young puppy's ungainliness resulted in clumsy movements as it tried to navigate the garden.
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"He was physically awkward, and he often made jokes about his own ungainliness," Cornelius says.
Blog text (20) -
Long limbs, ungainliness.
Fiction book (1997) -
Now he looked up to find the county hospital sprawled before him in its wide, modular, red-brick ungainliness, like some nightmarish Lego construction.
Fiction book (1997) -
Although he was very tall, his ungainliness made it hard for him to dance gracefully at the party.
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Her ungainliness during the gymnastics routine drew laughter from the audience, but she didn't mind.
Synonyms
3
3.3
Lack of smooth, graceful movement or behavior that looks awkward
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4.9
An awkward way of moving or speaking that shows nervousness
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3.6
Lack of skill or grace when moving, often causing trips
Clumsy movement or posture that looks uncomfortable
A clumsy, awkward way of moving or looking
A stiff, awkward way of speaking or acting that does not feel natural
A lack of smooth, polite movement or social behavior
A stiff, awkward way of acting without showing emotion
A state of being unsteady and shaky so things or sounds seem to move
Clumsy, awkward actions that make other people feel uncomfortable
Antonyms
How Graceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ungainliness is made of un- 'not' and gainly, an old word for 'graceful' or 'suitable'. So ungainliness means being 'not graceful', which is why it describes awkward movement or posture.