clumsy

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

clumsy [clumsy clumsier clumsiest] BrE [ˈklʌmzi] NAmE [ˈklʌmzi] adjective (clum·sier, clum·si·est)
1. (of people and animals)moving or doing things in a very awkward way
•I spilt your coffee. Sorry— that was clumsy of me.
•His clumsy fingers couldn't untie the knot.
2. (of actions and statements)done without skill or in a way that offends people
•She made a clumsy attempt to apologize.
3. (of objects)difficult to move or use easily; not well designed
4. (of processes)awkward; too complicated to understand or use easily
•The complaints procedure is clumsy and time-consuming.
Derived Words: ↑clumsily ▪ ↑clumsiness

Word Origin:
late 16th cent.: from obsolete clumse ‘make ’ or ‘ be numb’, probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Swedish klumsig.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  bungling, fumbling, incompetent, awkward, bunglesome, ungainly, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen, gawky, clunky, unwieldy