What does clunky mean?
Definitions for clunky
ˈklʌŋ kiclunky
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word clunky.
Princeton's WordNet
gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldyadjective
lacking grace in movement or posture
"a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
clunkyadjective
making a clunking sound
Wiktionary
clunkyadjective
Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome.
ChatGPT
clunky
Clunky refers to something that is heavy, solid, awkward, and often outdated or not functioning smoothly. It can describe physical objects like machinery, or intangible things like a software interface or a piece of writing. The term suggests a lack of elegance, sophistication, or modernity.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of clunky in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of clunky in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of clunky in a Sentence
A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. (from Mostly Harmless)
A caucus is, by its nature, is a clunky process and difficult to understand -- it's not what people are used to doing.
The design of desktop Wikipedia [ has ]... not seen any substantive changes for the past 10 years, leaving certain elements of the site's navigation feeling clunky and overwhelming.
I don't have the technology resources that big stores do or Amazon, i don't have ability to make a super easy-to-use app. We don't have an IT department. We don't have a delivery company. Our website is a little clunky.
We don't want it to read like a clunky committee effort, we want it to have an authorial voice that tells the story of what happened.
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