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say it: KLUHM-zee
clumsy is an adjective meaning "lacking grace in movement or posture". It is pronounced /ˈklʌmzi/ — KLUHM-zee. It carries 4 recorded senses.
not elegant or graceful in expression
“an awkward prose style”
“a clumsy apology”
“his cumbersome writing style”
“if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?”
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
“an awkward bundle to carry”
“a load of bunglesome paraphernalia”
“clumsy wooden shoes”
“the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl”
showing lack of skill or aptitude
“a bungling workman”
“did a clumsy job”
“his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for clumsy come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.