as in inexperience
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumsiness
Noun
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Kwan's inexperience led to a powerfully naturalistic performance, but also left her vulnerable to on set misunderstandings and even exploitation.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
22 Apr. 2025 -
Black said that the inexperience of some players is contributing to the lack of hits and the deluge of strikeouts.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The great tariff turnaround this week was either a sign of gross incompetence or a cruel game played on the world.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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When pressed on such timelines during a Senate hearing in December 2024, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated the issue isn’t a matter of corruption or incompetency, but federal support.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And there’s a blunt, pulp poetry to Manny’s conclusion (if not a particularly sensitive one), driven to despair by an inability to live in the dissonant but very real space between one’s religious moral compass and the realities of one’s life.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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And yet, progress waits for no one—failing to adapt will lead to inefficiencies and an inability to meet evolving consumer demands, causing such banks to be left behind.—
Roman Eloshvili,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Clumsiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumsiness. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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