clunkier; clunkiest
: clumsy in style, form, or execution
a clunky thriller
clunky earrings
Examples of clunky in a Sentence
I drive a clunky old station wagon.
His act was full of clunky one-liners.
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The scenes here are clunky and don’t always move the story along — there’s an aimless but moderately funny one of Wolff speed dating.
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Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2025
Chelsea were awful in the first 45 minutes, their passive pressing and clunky mechanical passing ceding the initiative to a forceful Fulham before giving up a startlingly soft goal.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
High-end, clunky and difficult to operate, the Imax camera allowed astronauts to bring the art form of cinematography to space and back home.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
While the pacing was a bit clunky, the short film only leaves me more excited to see where Grande (and Christian Breslauer, or perhaps a different collaborator?) goes next visually.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 24 Apr. 2025
Chelsea were awful in the first 45 minutes, their passive pressing and clunky mechanical passing ceding the initiative to a forceful Fulham before giving up a startlingly soft goal.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
High-end, clunky and difficult to operate, the Imax camera allowed astronauts to bring the art form of cinematography to space and back home.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
While the pacing was a bit clunky, the short film only leaves me more excited to see where Grande (and Christian Breslauer, or perhaps a different collaborator?) goes next visually.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clunky
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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clunky. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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