Dictionary definition · awkwardness
noun
- unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
- the quality of an embarrassing situation"he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
- the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape"the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).