clunkier; clunkiest
: clumsy in style, form, or execution
a clunky thriller
clunky earrings
Examples of clunky in a Sentence
I drive a clunky old station wagon.
His act was full of clunky one-liners.
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New York must do better than its usual serried towers and clunky blocks; a new cast of leaders can look abroad to figure out how.
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
This might have been an attempt to go after a nature-of-storytelling tale like The Princess Bride, but the two leads have zero chemistry and Reiner’s execution is clunky and disinterested.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
Likewise, the system for cinching the sides is a bit clunky.
—Ian Graber-Stiehl, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
That goal ended a ping-pong opening half-hour, one where stultifying rain meshed with a clunky performance from the hosts.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
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Justin Davidson, Curbed, 16 Dec. 2025
This might have been an attempt to go after a nature-of-storytelling tale like The Princess Bride, but the two leads have zero chemistry and Reiner’s execution is clunky and disinterested.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
Likewise, the system for cinching the sides is a bit clunky.
—Ian Graber-Stiehl, Outside, 5 Dec. 2025
That goal ended a ping-pong opening half-hour, one where stultifying rain meshed with a clunky performance from the hosts.
—Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clunky
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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clunky. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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