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clumsy
English
Etymology
Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) +? -y. More at clumse.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?kl?mzi/
Adjective
clumsy (comparative clumsier, superlative clumsiest)
- Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
- He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
- Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
- It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
- What a clumsy joke...
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
Translations
Noun
clumsy (plural clumsies)
- (informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.
- 1934, P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins
- “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water. “That was for your father’s shaving.”
- 1934, P. L. Travers, Mary Poppins
Synonyms
- butterfingers
- galoot
- klutz
Translations
See also
- clumsies
Anagrams
- cumyls, muscly
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deficient
English
Etymology
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??f???nt/
- Rhymes: -???nt
Adjective
deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
- Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
- (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors ?(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.
Related terms
- defect
- defection
- defective
- defector
- deficiency
- deficit
Translations
Further reading
- deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deficient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?fici?ns.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /d?.fi.si?ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /d?.fi.si?en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.fi.si?ent/
Adjective
deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)
- deficient
Related terms
- deficiència
Further reading
- “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Verb
d?ficient
- third-person plural future active indicative of d?fici?
Romanian
Etymology
From French déficient
Adjective
deficient m or n (feminine singular deficient?, masculine plural deficien?i, feminine and neuter plural deficiente)
- deficient
Declension
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