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UNGAINLINESS
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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
Sense 1
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)
Derivation:
ungainly (lacking grace in movement or posture)
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