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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Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
Of course, the pivotal thing was to create an inciting incident that propels the story without clunky exposition.
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Tensions between Rian and Patrick flare when Rian drunkenly mentions a brief fling with Shiv, though the film’s clunky edit, which gives little room for the performances to breathe and play out organically within their contexts, makes these frictions feel stilted and juvenile.
—Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
Of course, the pivotal thing was to create an inciting incident that propels the story without clunky exposition.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 May 2026
Amazon later shipped Rufus, in my view a clunky bolt-on that is often more wrong than right.
—Lutz Finger, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Tensions between Rian and Patrick flare when Rian drunkenly mentions a brief fling with Shiv, though the film’s clunky edit, which gives little room for the performances to breathe and play out organically within their contexts, makes these frictions feel stilted and juvenile.
—Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 22 May 2026
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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clunky. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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