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1
difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design
- getting the ungainly couch up the stairs was a real chore
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2
having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner
- the tree cutter was crushing any unlucky petunias that lay in the path of his ungainly tread
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- light,
- light-footed
- (also light-foot),
- lissome
- (also lissom),
- lithe,
- nimble,
- sure-footed
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The first known use of ungainly was in 1611
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