as in clumsy
difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design
even my five-year-old laptop seems clunky next to some of the really slim new models
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Recent Examples of clunky
The Eco Remote, powered by light or USB-C, adds convenience, though Tizen OS can feel a bit clunky.
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Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Catch up quick: Deepfakes used to be obvious and clunky, with audio glitches and poorly edited video.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
That was two years ago, and already, the clunky GAN looks dated, the dolls glitchy and dirty, their eyes misaligned.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
The BCIs used in those studies were clunky setups that required running a cable from the research participants’ head to a computer that decodes brain signals.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
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Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
Catch up quick: Deepfakes used to be obvious and clunky, with audio glitches and poorly edited video.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 29 Oct. 2024
That was two years ago, and already, the clunky GAN looks dated, the dolls glitchy and dirty, their eyes misaligned.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
The BCIs used in those studies were clunky setups that required running a cable from the research participants’ head to a computer that decodes brain signals.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clunky
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Far from prolific in front of goal, the Senegalese looked out of sorts, full of running and hunger to score but clumsy, his anxious limbs snatching at chances rather than taking them naturally.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The first few episodes were rife with clumsy and, at times, confusing time jumps, many that seemed tacked on to preexisting scenes in an effort to retrofit them for a new, Costner-less reality.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Fentanyl abuse isn't the only opioid that can cause the awkward body reaction, Ciccarone said.James Ward, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Read More: The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself Things might feel a little awkward during those early sessions, and that's normal, says Grant.Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ah yes, the most First World of First World problems: Shouldering the inconvenience of cumbersome tech installation.Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Crossing Times Square in a ball gown with a cumbersome hoop skirt isn’t easy, for example, but Adams found a way to turn it into a motif.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ideally, this is no more than a few because fielding questions and evaluating responses becomes unwieldy as the number of vendors increases.Peter Karlson, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The United States Code of Federal Regulations, towering at over 145 million words, represents one of the most complex and unwieldy legal systems in human history.Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clunky. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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