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ungainly

adjective
🔊/ʌnˈɡeɪnli/
🔊/ʌnˈɡeɪnli/
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  1. moving in a way that is not smooth or attractive 笨手笨脚的；（举止）不雅观的，难看的synonym awkward
    • He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.他是个个子高而笨拙的 18 岁小伙子。🔊🔊
    • I felt very ungainly in the diving suit.我穿着潜水服感到非常不适。
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUngainly is used with these nouns:
    • walk
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from un- ‘not’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight’.