ungainliness
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7.7
- noun
- /ʌnˈɡeɪnliːnəs/
- 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
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3.3
Lack of smooth, graceful movement or behavior that looks awkward
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3.6
Lack of skill or grace when moving, often causing trips
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4.9
An awkward way of moving or speaking that shows nervousness
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8.2
A stiff, awkward way of speaking or acting that does not feel natural
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7.1
A lack of smooth, polite movement or social behavior
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8.3
Clumsy, awkward actions that make other people feel uncomfortable
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6.0
A state of being unsteady and shaky so things or sounds seem to move
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7.4
Clumsy movement or posture that looks uncomfortable
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7.6
A stiff, awkward way of acting without showing emotion
A clumsy, awkward way of moving or looking
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.