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Describing clumsiness and awkward movements

clumsy

adjective

a clumsy person moves in a way that is not careful or graceful, and breaks things or knocks against them

awkward

adjective

slightly wrong and not attractive or graceful

ungainly

adjective

not moving in an attractive or graceful way

wooden

adjective

a dancer who is wooden moves in a very stiff way that does not look natural or graceful

uncoordinated

adjective

not graceful or able to control how you move

heavy

adjective

used about a way of moving that is slow and not graceful

jerky

adjective

a jerky movement consists of several separate short movements

convulsive

adjective

convulsive movements are violent and difficult to control

have two left feet

to be not at all graceful when you move, dance, or play sport

be all fingers and thumbs

to be unable to do a small difficult job because you cannot control your fingers well enough

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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related

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