clumsiness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
    ineptness; awkwardness; ineptitude; maladroitness; slowness.
  2. noun the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
    awkwardness.
  3. noun the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
    gracelessness; stiffness; awkwardness.

WordNet


Clum"si*ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality of being clusy.
    The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.

Webster 1913