The meaning of Gawkiest

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy.

Usage examples:

Both her parents are supportive, if a bit blundering

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

Usage examples:

He knew he'd blundered

adjective

Often making serious mistakes, usually because of not taking care

Usage examples:

You blundering idiot! what do you think you're doing?, a blundering firebomber is being hunted by p…

adjective

Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.

Usage examples:

He's a bumbling fool

verb

Move or act in an awkward or confused manner.

Usage examples:

They bumbled around the house

adjective

Unsophisticated and socially awkward.

Usage examples:

A shy and gauche teenager

adjective

Lacking social polish

adjective

Behaving in a way that is offensive to other people, esp. because of not knowing what is correct or not caring about the feelings of others

Usage examples:

It was gauche to invite them just two days before the party.

adjective

Lacking grace, elegance, or charm.

Usage examples:

He wanted to speak so as not to seem sullen or graceless

adjective

Not attractive in appearance

Usage examples:

He described the house as ugly and graceless., her outwardly graceless appearance camouflages her i…

adjective

Having or showing a lack of physical grace, elegance, or refinement.

Usage examples:

He came skidding to an inelegant halt

adjective

Not graceful and attractive in character or appearance

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Inelegant writing

adjective

Having or showing no skill; clumsy.

Usage examples:

The referee's inept handling of the match

adjective

Not skilled or effective

Usage examples:

He was always pretty inept at sports., political/social/economic ineptitude

adjective

Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort

noun

The action of cutting and preparing forest timber for transport and sale.

Usage examples:

The traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

adjective

Inefficient or inept; clumsy.

Usage examples:

Both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled

adjective

Awkward in movement or unskilled in behaviour or action

Usage examples:

She can be a little maladroit in social situations.

adjective

(of land) not used for growing crops.

Usage examples:

These meadowlands have lain uncultivated for centuries

adjective

Not characterized by good taste, manners, or education.

Usage examples:

To my uncultured palate most of the wines were good

adjective

Someone who is uncultured has not had a good education and does not know a lot about art, music, painting, etc.

Usage examples:

He accused modern schools of churning out uncultured children., they regarded their country cousins…

adjective

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.

Usage examples:

An ungainly walk

adjective

Awkward in movement

adjective

Lacking grace; clumsy.

Usage examples:

An ungraceful swimmer

adjective

Not having a polished surface.

Usage examples:

His shoes were unpolished

adjective

Something that is unpolished has not been rubbed using a piece of cloth, a brush, or a machine to clean it and make it shine

Usage examples:

Prices for rough, unpolished diamonds have increased this year., his black shoes were unpolished an…

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

Usage examples:

An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.