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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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 May 2026
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Phil Wahba, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Getting a wing who can defend, shoot and dribble adequately would have oiled the cogs of an often clunky offense.
—Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026
But the brand-new lineup — which had never played together in the regular season or postseason — looked clunky and disjointed.
—Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
But the docking mechanism into its carrier is, again, clunky, adding to the notion that this is Motorola's first rodeo with this particular form factor.
—Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 1 May 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 May. 2026.
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