as in clumsy
having or showing an inability to move in a graceful manner my swimming instructor had never seen anyone so uncoordinated—in or out of the water

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Recent Examples of uncoordinated The result could be an uncoordinated approach that creates patchy systems with unclear outcomes for employees and stakeholders. London School Of Economics, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The Raiders sent Pierce out to address the media on Monday only to cut him loose the following day in an evidently uncoordinated situation. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 While some steps have been taken to confront the challenge — such as loans, grants and tax credits extended to domestic mining and minerals processing projects — our efforts remain woefully uncoordinated and constitute a fraction of what’s needed. John Adams, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2024 Internal silos hinder customer experience because uncoordinated teams cannot provide a holistic and simple process to customers. Max Soloshchanskiy, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for uncoordinated 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncoordinated
Adjective
  • Game to game, characters like the speedy Pete Wheeler or clumsy Angela Delvecchio were true to their traits across each release.
    Jake Lang, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Relentless, hi-def gore is The Monkey’s greatest achievement, but all the blood-spatter in the world couldn’t redeem its clumsy plotting, frat-boy humor, and feigned memento mori.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Comfortable familiarity and an awkward desire to escape co-exist like the two quotes at the start, both true in incongruous harmony.
    David Opie, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Where some toiletry bags end up having an awkward shape that won’t easily fit into your luggage, these are the opposite.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • As an aerodynamics engineer specializing in aeroelastic and unsteady flows, Atlee provided key technical contributions to the original F-16 design that helped define the way that jet looks and flies.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Most places extending radical hospitality are doing it out of pocket or through an unsteady stream of donations, and the truth is: No one can afford it.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025

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“Uncoordinated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncoordinated. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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