Synset

not elegant or graceful in expression
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awkward

clumsy

cumbersome

ill-chosen

inapt

inept

sample sentences

"an awkward prose style"
"a clumsy apology"
"his cumbersome writing style"
"if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"