clumsy

Adjective

• showing lack of skill or aptitude
  • a bungling workman
    
  • did a clumsy job
    
  • his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
    

• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  • an awkward bundle to carry
    
  • a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
    
  • clumsy wooden shoes
    
  • the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
    

• not elegant or graceful in expression
  • an awkward prose style
    
  • a clumsy apology
    
  • his cumbersome writing style
    
  • if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bungling , fumbling , incompetent , awkward , bunglesome , ungainly , cumbersome , inapt , inept , ill-chosen , gawky , clunky , unwieldy