awkwardness Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
   ineptness; ineptitude; maladroitness; clumsiness; slowness.
   
2. noun the quality of an embarrassing situation
   nuisance value.
   
   • he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
3. noun the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
   clumsiness.
   
4. noun the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
   gracelessness; clumsiness; stiffness.
   
5. noun trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
   unwieldiness; cumbersomeness.
   
   • the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano

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