1. the quality of being awkward or clumsy in movement or appearance

Examples

• The teenager’s ungainliness disappeared as he grew more comfortable with his height.
• Despite her ungainliness on land, she moved with surprising grace in the water.
• The puppy’s ungainliness was endearing as it stumbled over its own paws.
• His ungainliness made him self-conscious about dancing at school events.
• The ungainliness of the newborn colt gradually gave way to fluid movement.
• She overcame her childhood ungainliness to become a professional dancer.