clumsiness

noun

clumsiness

noun

/ˈklʌm.zi.nəs/

Etymology From clumsy + -ness.

1

A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

  • He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.
  • "Pardon my clumsiness," he said to the lady. "I am, unfortunately, quite blind. But," he added, with a smile, to turn off the mishap, "even a blind man must have a house."1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

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