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# clumsiness

noun (clumsiness — uncountable)

«clumsiness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Being clumsy: moving in an awkward, careless way so that you drop, bump into or break things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#m1)
2. Saying or doing things in an awkward, unskilful way that can upset people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, clumsiness causes spills and small accidents; safety lessons teach slowing down and looking where you go. In stories, a character's clumsiness can be funny or cause trouble. Phrases: «sorry for my clumsiness», «through clumsiness».

### Examples

- Through clumsiness, I knocked my juice over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x1)
- His clumsiness made him trip on the stairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x2)
- Carrying too much at once often leads to clumsiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x3)
- She laughed at her own clumsiness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x4)
- Puppies are full of clumsiness when they are young. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x5)
- Tiredness can cause clumsiness, so be careful with knives. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x6)
- The new boy's clumsiness with words made him shy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no plural. From «clumsy» + «-ness»; the «y» changes to «i». Everyone is clumsy sometimes; it is not the same as being naughty.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «clumsiness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«clumsiness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clumsiness.html) on Mova free.