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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Gosling has a way of retreating into a silence more emotionally eloquent than the film’s occasionally clunky dialogue.
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Current models are often too heavy for daily wear, reliant on clunky external power, and leave users stranded in low-light settings.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
The phone is impressively slim as a tablet, but clunky as a phone.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Security is worth considering as there’s not a native way to lock the rack to the vehicle, but there are after-market options (albeit a little clunky) to mitigate this.
—Cameron Martindell, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
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Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
Current models are often too heavy for daily wear, reliant on clunky external power, and leave users stranded in low-light settings.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
The phone is impressively slim as a tablet, but clunky as a phone.
—Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Security is worth considering as there’s not a native way to lock the rack to the vehicle, but there are after-market options (albeit a little clunky) to mitigate this.
—Cameron Martindell, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
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 12 Jan. 2026.
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