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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
clumsiness
    n 1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn:
         awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude,
         maladroitness, slowness]
    2: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are
       ungainly or inelegant [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness]
       [ant: gracefulness]
    3: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
       embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness,
       gracelessness, stiffness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clumsiness \Clum"si*ness\, n.
   The quality of being clumsy.
   [1913 Webster]

         The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to
         clumsiness and ignorance.                --Collier.
   [1913 Webster]

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