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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Watching Jiricek play this season, his skating still looks extremely clunky and worrying.
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The best part is that the upper is made of soft leather, but the outsole is EVA foam, so these aren’t heavy and clunky like other loafers with a slight platform.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
For decades, the work to engineer human embryo models using stem cells has been stagnant, and the resulting models have been clunky.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Mar. 2026
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Corey Pronman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
About the size of a football, the fire engine-red sirens look like a clunky, portable speaker.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
The best part is that the upper is made of soft leather, but the outsole is EVA foam, so these aren’t heavy and clunky like other loafers with a slight platform.
—Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026
For decades, the work to engineer human embryo models using stem cells has been stagnant, and the resulting models have been clunky.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Mar. 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 15 Mar. 2026.
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