clunkier; clunkiest
: clumsy in style, form, or execution
a clunky thriller
clunky earrings
Examples of clunky in a Sentence
I drive a clunky old station wagon.
His act was full of clunky one-liners.
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Getting this into English would be clunky and far too wordy to fit into Quino’s word bubbles.
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Lily Meyer, The Dial, 20 May 2025
The cameras aren't as great, though, and Oppo's software is still clunky and buggy.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 17 May 2025
And the choreography comes off as clunky and sophomoric, with all the high school connotations therein.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
Their prose tends to be overwrought; their dialogue is clunky and unsubtle.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 May 2025
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Lily Meyer, The Dial, 20 May 2025
The cameras aren't as great, though, and Oppo's software is still clunky and buggy.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 17 May 2025
And the choreography comes off as clunky and sophomoric, with all the high school connotations therein.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
Their prose tends to be overwrought; their dialogue is clunky and unsubtle.
—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for clunky
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“Clunky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clunky. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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