🇬🇧 Clumsiness meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Clumsiness is when a person often drops things, bumps into stuff, trips, or knocks things over by accident, usually without meaning to and sometimes in a silly or funny way.

Tim’s clumsiness was so powerful that he high-fived the doorframe instead of his friend.

During the class photo, my clumsiness made me blink, sneeze, and drop my shoe all at the same time.

His clumsiness was so impressive that he managed to trip over a shadow.

My clumsiness is so reliable that when something crashes in the house, everyone just yells my name automatically.

Scientists once did a study that found clumsiness can run in families—so if your parents bump into everything, you might be a future master of tripping over air too.

She sighed as her clumsiness sent the bowl flying; her clumsiness made the cat leap and the flowers fall. Her clumsiness knocked the birthday cake onto the floor, frosting smeared on the rug. Neighbors peered in at the clumsiness, then laughed, helping clean up. She hugged the cat, embarrassed but relieved by their warm reaction to her clumsiness.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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