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Meaning of Clumsy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈklʌmzi

Definitions

A clumsy person.

informal

Equivalents

العربية أخرق
Azərbaycanca hozəki
Беларуская нязграбны
Български несръчен тромав
Esperanto mallerta
Suomi kömpelö
Français empoté gauche lourd maladroit
Íslenska klaufalegur
한국어 서투르다
Kurdî sakar sakar
Македонски несмасен смотан трапав тромав
Nederlands onhandig stuntelig
Српски trapavac trotl трапавац тротл
Tagalog asiwa
Türkçe sakar
Українська незграбний
Tiếng Việt khệ nệ vụng về

Examples

“On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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