ungainly
adjective
[ ʌnˈɡeɪnli ]
• (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.
• "an ungainly walk"
Similar:
awkward,
clumsy,
ungraceful,
graceless,
inelegant,
gawky,
gangling,
maladroit,
gauche,
inept,
blundering,
bungling,
bumbling,
lumbering,
uncoordinated,
inexpert,
unskilful,
unhandy,
all thumbs,
oafish,
bovine,
like a bull in a china shop,
cack-handed,
ham-fisted,
ham-handed,
butterfingered,
hulking,
lubberly,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from un-1 ‘not’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight’.
