clunkier; clunkiest
: clumsy in style, form, or execution
a clunky thriller
clunky earrings
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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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Even so, machine translation is still clunky at times, if not awkward.
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Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Even so, machine translation is still clunky at times, if not awkward.
—Blake Snow, WIRED, 5 May 2024
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 14 May. 2024.
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