1. (

• awkwardness ,
• clumsiness ,
• ineptness ,
• ineptitude ,
• maladroitness ,
• slowness ,

) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training ;

2. (

• awkwardness ,
• nuisance_value

) the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal" ;

3. (

• awkwardness ,
• clumsiness ,

) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant ;

4. (

• awkwardness ,
• clumsiness ,
• gracelessness ,
• stiffness ,

) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) ;

5. (

• awkwardness ,
• cumbersomeness ,
• unwieldiness

) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano" ;