(1) Clunky and bureaucratic as those systems may be, they have been and still are a key expression of the social contract that holds us all together.
(2) But also, how cool that you are all talking about that.’” The film has opened to mainly negative reviews, with the Guardian’s Henry Barnes feeling that the compromises Emmerich has made “ leave Stonewall feeling neutered ” while Vanity Fair’s Richard Lawson called it “ alarmingly clunky ”.
(3) Six long years later, pilots have found that the filling in of forms has been incredibly time-consuming and the software has been hopelessly clunky.
(4) Even the clunky old film footage looks more modern.
(5) My usual phone is a clunky (by comparison) Sony Ericsson that can take pictures and play music effortlessly, and may be able to do email – though how remains a mystery to me.
(6) But “the campaign for gender equality” is a clunky phrase that describes a great big clunky challenge.
(7) A government source said (apologies for the clunky translation): We need to show the rich that we don't want to strangle them.
(8) Here the clunkiness of real events rather undoes Sorkin.
(9) I even got the requisite clench of nostalgia at the new trailer , seeing Harrison Ford in his old duds and the Millenium Falcon jumping to hyper space with new clunky special effects mimicking the old clunky special effects.
(10) That may have been more indicative of a clunky attempt to fuse the supposed cost of living crisis with recent events than any deep thought but still, to a lot of people it will have sounded like a patrician voice, apparently unaware that working-class people think about much more than their own lot and have just as strong feelings about the state and democracy as the residents of upscale neighbourhoods in London.
(11) They have their own clunky infrastructure to do something that you don't really need a clunky infrastructure to do anymore."
(12) I was struck by the crowd's responses, the impromptu standing ovations as the women took the stage, the belly laughs as they described some clunky episodes – their characters, both cops, once had to go "undercover" dressed as a pineapple and a tomato .
(13) The language is plain but a little clunky, the mood is optimistic but a little sober, and the point stares you in the face: of course.
(14) But lightsabre attacks felt late and clunky and were especially frustrating when I tried to deflect laser beam attacks, which became a rather big issue when bigger droids with forcefield protection rolled into view.
(15) There were also many, often clunky, toolkits and management science textbooks.
(16) He admitted the scheme started off "too clunky and too complex".
(17) A total of 2,000 pubs have been listed as an asset of community value (ACV), but Camra said local groups had to spend hours in a lengthy and clunky process to save their pubs.
(18) It presupposes that people will want to carry around an object that is – in comparison with a laptop – slim, light and elegant but – in comparison with an iPhone – clunky, heavy and possibly a bit pointless.
(19) And there’s no way you could paint your face to look like a doll while there’s a clunky pair of glasses in the way.
(20) Yet the damage had already been done and for the majority of this match it had been mystifying to see them play with so little drive and momentum when anything but a win meant dropping into the clunky Thursday-night-Sunday-afternoon cycle of Europa League football.
Ungainliness
Definition:
(n.) The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
Example Sentences:
(1) This sodden picture has a rough ungainliness that makes it feel far from contrived, yet surely Obama must have considered his action carefully.