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Clumsy vs. Lazy — What's the Difference?

Clumsy vs. Lazy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Clumsy and Lazy

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Clumsy

Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.

Lazy

Not willing to work or be energetic.

Clumsy

Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy
Clumsy wooden shoes.
A clumsy sentence.

Lazy

Slow-moving; sluggish
A lazy river.

Clumsy

Gauche; inept
A clumsy excuse.
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Lazy

Conducive to inactivity or indolence
A lazy summer day.

Clumsy

Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.

Lazy

Depicted as reclining or lying on its side. Used of a brand on livestock.

Clumsy

Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.
What a clumsy joke

Lazy

Unwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
Get out of bed, you lazy lout!

Clumsy

Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.

Lazy

Causing or characterised by idleness; relaxed or leisurely.
I love staying inside and reading on a lazy Sunday.

Clumsy

A clumsy person.

Lazy

Showing a lack of effort or care.
Lazy writing

Clumsy

Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

Lazy

Sluggish; slow-moving.
We strolled along beside a lazy stream.

Clumsy

Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed,Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed.

Lazy

Lax:

Clumsy

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

Lazy

Droopy.
A lazy-eared rabbit

Clumsy

Not elegant or graceful in expression;
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?

Lazy

(optometry) Of an eye, squinting because of a weakness of the eye muscles.

Clumsy

Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
An awkward bundle to carry
A load of bunglesome paraphernalia
Clumsy wooden shoes
The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl

Lazy

Turned so that (the letter) is horizontal instead of vertical.

Clumsy

Showing lack of skill or aptitude;
A bungling workman
Did a clumsy job
His fumbling attempt to put up a shelf

Lazy

(comptheory) Employing lazy evaluation; not calculating results until they are immediately required.
A lazy algorithm

Lazy

Wicked; vicious.

Lazy

(informal) To laze, act in a lazy manner.

Lazy

A lazy person.

Lazy

(obsolete) Sloth (animal).

Lazy

Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

Lazy

Inactive; slothful; slow; sluggish; as, a lazy stream.

Lazy

Wicked; vicious.

Lazy

Moving slowly and gently;
Up a lazy river
Lazy white clouds
At a lazy pace

Lazy

Disinclined to work or exertion;
Faineant kings under whose rule the country languished
An indolent hanger-on
Too lazy to wash the dishes
Shiftless idle youth
Slothful employees
The unemployed are not necessarily work-shy

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