clumsinessn.
/ˈklʌmzɪnɪs/ Clumsy quality.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness
bungerliness1598
lubberliness1598
indexterity1611
sinisterity1623
clumsiness1652
ungainness1727
ungainliness1755
awkwardnessa1770
maladroitness1781
ponderousness1801
lumberingness1869
gawkihood1872
gawkiness1873
klutziness1973
1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxix. 201 The Turn-wrest plough..surpasseth for weight, and clumsiness.
1821 T. Arnold in A. P. Stanley Life & Corr. T. Arnold (1844) I. 68 All clumsiness in the sentences..I will do my best to amend.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. 257 From their clumsiness in manœuvring.
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