noun
1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
• Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑ineptness, ↑ineptitude, ↑maladroitness, ↑slowness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑slow (for: ↑slowness), ↑maladroit (for: ↑maladroitness), ↑inept (for: ↑ineptness), ↑clumsy, ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)
• Hypernyms: ↑unskillfulness
• Hyponyms: ↑rustiness
2. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
• Syn: ↑awkwardness
• Ant: ↑gracefulness (for: ↑awkwardness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑clumsy
• Hyponyms: ↑gracelessness, ↑ungracefulness, ↑gawkiness, ↑ungainliness, ↑stiffness
3. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
• Syn: ↑awkwardness, ↑gracelessness, ↑stiffness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑stiff (for: ↑stiffness), ↑graceless (for: ↑gracelessness), ↑clumsy, ↑awkward (for: ↑awkwardness)
• Hypernyms: ↑inelegance
• Hyponyms: ↑woodenness, ↑rusticity, ↑gaucherie
Useful english dictionary. 2012.