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Adjective: ungainly (ungainlier,ungainliest)  `ún'geyn-lee
  1. Lacking grace in movement or posture
    "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "a clunky lad with long ungainly legs"; "a klutzy lad with long ungainly legs"
    - gawky, clumsy, clunky, unwieldy, klutzy [N. Amer]
     
  2. Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
    "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
    - awkward, bunglesome, clumsy

Derived forms: ungainliest, ungainlier

See also: awkward, ungainliness, unmanageable, unwieldy