C16 (in obsolete sense: benumbed with cold; hence, awkward): perhaps from C13 dialectclumse to benumb, probably from Scandinavian; compare Swedish dialect klumsig numb
Examples of 'clumsier' in a sentence
clumsier
Now the jokes are just that — jokes, and they seem clumsier.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I have always thought 'demystification' a more precise, if clumsier, translation.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
Most of what survives are clumsier marble copies of the bronze originals.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Poor design makes life uglier, fussier, clumsier, needlessly more complicated.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
You can say just the same things, but it's uglier, clumsier, with fewer words.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The third is a clumsier take on a rather stale theme: desiring beauty at all costs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Billings was once dismissed as an enthusiastic amateur, writing elementary harmonies and even clumsier counterpoint.