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Clumsy vs Unmanageable - What's the difference?

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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)
  • 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
  • Noun

    (clumsies)
  • A person.
  • Synonyms

    * butterfingers * klutz

    See also

    * clumsies

    Anagrams

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    unmanageable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=(Joseph Stiglitz)
  • , volume=188, issue=26, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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 […].}}

    Synonyms

    * uncontrollable

    Antonyms

    * manageable

    References

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