Definitions
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- adjective
awkward ,clumsy orsocially inept
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kerry's aides insisted that the candidate's remark had not been intentional, that he was just trying to say something nice about Mary but sounded "klutzy" instead.
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She was brought in to help a female employee at Rolex who was offending an executive with her "klutzy" footwear -- which turned out to be orthopedic shoes.
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"Getting those two devices to work like one is a big pain, and also the devices are klutzy," he says.
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Madeleine L'Engel's A Wrinkle In Time wowed me when I discovered it at age nine, because it proved to me a girl could be nerdy, introverted, and klutzy, and still have awesome adventures.
MIND MELD: Books That Hold Special Places in Our Hearts and On Our Shelves
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I am often klutzy, sometimes dumb and occasionally very unlucky.
Laura Kumin: How a Bag of Rice Can Save Your iPhone and Your Tech Life
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It takes talent to look this klutzy, and uncoordinated on cue … not to mention it looks like it hurts!
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You have to be the character but lucky for me the character was written fairly klutzy.
Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel Interview WHEN IN ROME – Collider.com
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Another thing to consider: many of us were “klutzy” kids.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Weighty Problems in Oversized Young Athletes?
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I was a shy, bookish, bespectacled and klutzy thing, so naturally the protagonists of my fiction were the exact opposite.
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Quirky women have long had success on TV, from klutzy housewife Lucy Ricardo, who helped make "I Love Lucy" the most popular program on air during its run, to Mary Richards, the single gal TV producer on "The Mary Tyler Moore" show.
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