Meaning & use
clunky
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Heavy, awkward, and lacking grace or smoothness, whether in physical design or in style.
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The old laptop was clunky and slow compared to newer models.
His first draft had some clunky sentences that needed smoothing out.
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Used for both physical objects, like clunky machinery, and abstract things like writing or design, like a clunky interface.
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