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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The team promises that viewers investing time into 70 episodes will be rewarded with a satisfying conclusion, there’s no clunky attempt to leave doors open for a second season.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
The supernatural threat is simple and compelling, made immediate through those splashes of blood and moments that are deliberately lit, framed, filmed, and edited like a classic horror movie; but in between those there is clunky dialogue and almost nonexistent character work.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
Clark’s aim is to help midsize enterprises with global supply chains—think the Fortune 500 outside of the top 50—integrate various supply-chain systems, and their data, from different providers into a single operating system that looks more like a consumer app than a clunky enterprise solution.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
The play itself does not always serve as an edge-of-your-seat thriller, with the transition between two plot points clunky.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
The supernatural threat is simple and compelling, made immediate through those splashes of blood and moments that are deliberately lit, framed, filmed, and edited like a classic horror movie; but in between those there is clunky dialogue and almost nonexistent character work.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2024
Clark’s aim is to help midsize enterprises with global supply chains—think the Fortune 500 outside of the top 50—integrate various supply-chain systems, and their data, from different providers into a single operating system that looks more like a consumer app than a clunky enterprise solution.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
The play itself does not always serve as an edge-of-your-seat thriller, with the transition between two plot points clunky.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 4 Oct. 2024
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