Clumsy vs Unmanageable - What's the difference?
clumsy | unmanageable | Related terms |
awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous
Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety
awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
A person.
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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Clumsy is a related term of unmanageable.
As adjectives the difference between clumsy and unmanageable
is that clumsy is awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous while unmanageable is not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.As a noun clumsy
is a person.clumsy
English
Adjective
(er)- He's very clumsy . I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.
- It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
- What a clumsy joke...
Noun
(clumsies)Synonyms
* butterfingers * klutzSee also
* clumsiesAnagrams
* *unmanageable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable , unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}