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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There’s even a growing market for clunky-but-charming mini cathode-ray-style TVs — and boomboxes with streaming capability.
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The slick lines and futuristic aesthetic immediately called to me, voicelessly calling my current dustbuster clunky, dated, and ugly.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
The clunky start kept them off-balance.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
The board and tokens can feel clunky to manage mid-game, and keeping track of the location of the mic (so no one has an unfair advantage) added a fiddliness that sometimes pulled attention away from the performance.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
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Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
The slick lines and futuristic aesthetic immediately called to me, voicelessly calling my current dustbuster clunky, dated, and ugly.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2025
The clunky start kept them off-balance.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
The board and tokens can feel clunky to manage mid-game, and keeping track of the location of the mic (so no one has an unfair advantage) added a fiddliness that sometimes pulled attention away from the performance.
—Annabelle Canela, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clunky. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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