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clunky

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difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design
  • even my five-year-old laptop seems clunky next to some of the really slim new models

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The first known use of clunky was in 1968

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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunky. Accessed 27 Nov. 2021.

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