noun
1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
• Syn: ↑clumsiness, ↑ineptness, ↑ineptitude, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑slowness), ↑maladroit (for: ↑maladroitness), ↑inept (for: ↑ineptness), ↑clumsy (for: ↑clumsiness), ↑awkward
• Hypernyms: ↑unskillfulness
• Hyponyms: ↑rustiness
2. the quality of an embarrassing situation
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he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal
• Syn: ↑nuisance value
• Derivationally related forms: ↑awkward
• Hypernyms: ↑disadvantage
3. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
• Syn: ↑clumsiness
• Ant: ↑gracefulness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑clumsy (for: ↑clumsiness)
• Hyponyms: ↑gracelessness, ↑ungracefulness, ↑gawkiness, ↑ungainliness, ↑stiffness
4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
• Syn: ↑clumsiness, ↑gracelessness, ↑stiffness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stiff (for: ↑stiffness), ↑graceless (for: ↑gracelessness), ↑clumsy (for: ↑clumsiness), ↑awkward
• Hypernyms: ↑inelegance
• Hyponyms: ↑woodenness, ↑rusticity, ↑gaucherie
5. trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
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the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano
• Syn: ↑cumbersomeness, ↑unwieldiness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unwieldy (for: ↑unwieldiness), ↑cumbersome (for: ↑cumbersomeness), ↑awkward
• Hypernyms: ↑troublesomeness, ↑inconvenience, ↑worriment
Useful english dictionary. 2012.