clumsiness

clumsiness
noun, no pl.
see academic.ru/13656/clumsy">clumsy: Schwerfälligkeit, die; Plumpheit, die
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noun die Ungeschicklichkeit
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clum·si·ness
[ˈklʌmzɪnəs]
n Ungeschicktheit f, Schwerfälligkeit f
\clumsiness is his middle name er ist die Ungeschicktheit in Person
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['klʌmzInɪs]
n
1) Ungeschicklichkeit f; (= ungainliness) Schwerfälligkeit f
2) (of tool, shape) Unförmigkeit f; (of prose, translation etc) Schwerfälligkeit f, Unbeholfenheit f
3) (= awkwardness of apology, excuse etc) Plumpheit f
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clumsiness [ˈklʌmzınıs] s Plumpheit f:
a) Ungeschick(lichkeit) n(f), Unbeholfenheit f
b) Schwerfälligkeit f
c) Taktlosigkeit f
d) Unförmigkeit f
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noun, no pl.
see clumsy: Schwerfälligkeit, die; Plumpheit, die
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n.
Tölpelei -en f.
Unbeholfenheit f.
Ungeschicktlichkeit f.

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