ungainly

un·gain·ly /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/ adjectiveadj

CLUMSYmoving in a way that does not look graceful 〔動作〕笨拙的，難看的，不優雅的

a tall ungainly teenager

一個動作笨拙的高個子少年

—ungainliness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

ungainly• I felt old, fat, and ungainly.• They were, in a word, ungainly.• She was old, fat and ungainly, and had to struggle to get to her feet.• It was ungainly, and slow, but the method worked.• It was four feet tall, ungainly and untuned, and Clarisa was no musician.• Dinosaurs were huge ungainly animals with tiny brains.• What a relief I thought, that that ungainly thing was no longer needed by me.• He had been an attractive youth, tall, rather ungainly, with a thatch of black hair.

Origin ungainly

(1600-1700) gainly “proper, graceful, pleasing” ((14-20 centuries)), from gain “direct, kind, useful” ((10-19 centuries)), from Old Norse gegn

un·gain·ly adjectiveadj

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IELTS BNC: 20465 COCA: 20371

ungainly

Describing clumsiness and awkward movements: clumsy, awkward, ungainly...

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