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# clumsiness

«clumsiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being clumsy: moving in an awkward, careless way so that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (clumsiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### In the corpora

- [Yawning, heavy eyes and clumsiness are signs of tiredness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/9-body-signals/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clumsiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clumsiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.