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UNGAINLINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does ungainliness mean?

• UNGAINLINESS (noun)
The noun UNGAINLINESS has 1 sense:

1. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant

Familiarity information: UNGAINLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• UNGAINLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gawkiness; ungainliness

Hypernyms ("ungainliness" is a kind of...):

awkwardness; clumsiness (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)

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