clumsiness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumsiness
Noun
  • The mixed signals were partly a matter of inexperience.
    Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe youth, maybe inexperience, but bad job coaching by me.
    Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • As if this stunning display of incompetence was not enough, La Shell — the only non-Family player left on the hike — let David and Parvati finish the hike without a fight.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Detectives torpedoed their own investigations with long delays, lost evidence, incompetence and attempts to cover up mistakes, police memos show.
    Donna McGuire, Ian Cummings, and Glenn E. Rice, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Your inability to establish a rational, functional and legal system of immigration is an abject failure on your part.
    Peter Cunningham, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Is your partner’s inability to live up to their words eroding your love?
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Clumsiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumsiness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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