ungainly
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- s lacking grace in movement or posture
a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
what an ungainly creature a giraffe is - s difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
- Foot-ankle prostheses can be tiring to wear and produce an awkward, ungainly stride, but the PowerFoot One is the first with battery-powered springs that propel the wearer forward .
- Inside is a strange, ungainly object: the central half of a submarine.
- State-of-the-art surveillance equipment monitors rooms filled with ungainly Eastern Bloc furniture, el cheapo light fixtures and chunky neo-traditional objets d'art.