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Synonyms for clunky
ˈklʌŋ kiclunky
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Princeton's WordNet
gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldyadjective
lacking grace in movement or posture
"a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
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incompetent, fumbling, inept, unmanageable, gawky, ill-chosen, bungling, inapt, ungainly, cumbersome, awkward, unwieldy, clumsy, bunglesomeAntonyms:
graceful, unhearable, inaudibleclunkyadjective
making a clunking sound
Synonyms:
gawky, unwieldy, clumsy, ungainlyAntonyms:
graceful, unhearable, inaudible
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List of known nicknames for "Clunky":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#17452 | awkward | |
#24911 | incompetent | |
#27419 | cumbersome | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#41493 | inept | |
#57710 | fumbling | |
#58332 | clunky | |
#58750 | unwieldy | |
#64747 | unmanageable | |
#108120 | bungling | |
#121797 | ungainly | |
#197054 | gawky | |
#291589 | inapt |
How to use clunky in a sentence?
We are well organized. We understand what it takes to win, and we are keeping our head down and focused on the task at hand, a caucus is, by its nature, is a clunky process and difficult to understand -- it's not what people are used to doing.
A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. (from Mostly Harmless)
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:
The security theater we are witnessing in our election system boasting the illusion of security via ‘clunky as heck’ and air gap defense will do nothing against the real and sophisticated adversarial landscape that is zeroing in on our democracy
I don't have the technology resources that big stores do or Amazon, i don't have ability to make a super easy-to-use app. We don't have an IT department. We don't have a delivery company. Our website is a little clunky.
A caucus is, by its nature, is a clunky process and difficult to understand -- it's not what people are used to doing.
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