clumsiness

Plural: clumsinesses

Noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
• the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
• the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
• A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

Examples

• He dropped them not out of spite, but out of clumsiness.

Synonyms

awkwardness, gracelessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness, stiffness

Antonyms

gracefulness