Vocabulary
Clumsy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
awkward in movement or in handling things.
Urdu meaning
اناڑی، بھدا، بے ڈھنگا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- However, a hysterical media and a clumsy social media have sparked paranoia.
- Israel plays the role of its able evil partner, which can act more quickly due to its small size and weaker democracy to undertake vile actions that the large and clumsy US itself cannot due to its bureaucratic and democratic constraints.
- They failed to shift the needle and their clumsy approach, riddled with contradictions, did little to change international perceptions.
- The media circus around the Pahalgam attack felt like a clumsy sequel to Paatal Lok, except this time, it wasn`t fiction.
- Due to their clumsy wielding of power, they have made it progressively more difficult for all stakeholders to retreat from their positions.
Synonyms
awkward,blundering, uncoordinated, ungainly, maladroit, graceless, ungraceful
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