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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Oyku Ilgar, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Its clunky nature and hefty weight, popularized by OG brands like Rocket Dog, was certainly not for everyone.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 July 2025
The aiming-and-throwing controls for this terrain-throwing system are just clunky enough to be annoying—this is a far cry from Gears of Donkey Kong or something.
—ArsTechnica, 16 July 2025
Blame for the inexcusably clunky dream scenes, a writing fail, can’t be pinned on the designers.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 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 4 Aug. 2025.
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