clumsy

• adj.不器用
• 不器用に
• 不適切に
• 不適切に

語源はbulky（かさばる）→不便、不器用。

clumsy

clumsy: [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are Scandinavian (such as Swedish dialect klumsig ‘numb, clumsy’), suggests that the notion originally contained in them was of being torpid from cold – so cold that one is sluggish and cannot coordinate one’s actions.

clumsy (adj.)

1590s, "acting as if benumbed," alteration of Middle English clumsid "numb with cold" (14c.), past participle of clumsen "to benumb, stiffen or paralyze with cold or fear," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse klumsa "make speechless, palsy; prevent from speaking," intensive of kluma "to make motionless." For insertion of -s-, see flimsy.

Not in general use until 18c., with senses "manifesting awkwardness; so made as to be unwieldy." Related: Clumsily; clumsiness. Compare Swedish dialectal klummsen "benumbed with cold," Norwegian klumsad (past participle) "speechless, palsied by a spasm or by fear or witchery;" German verklammen "grow stiff or numb with cold." Also compare clumse (n.) "a stupid fellow."

1. The action seemed a clumsy attempt to topple the Janata Dal government.

という人民党政府を転覆しようとする動きには策略が欠けているようだ。

2.He is still smarting over criticism of his victorious but clumsy performance.

彼は最終的に勝利したにもかかわらず、表現が不器用であることを他人に批判することに悶々としている。

3.It was a clumsy looking aeropane.

その飛行機は格好が悪い。

4.The lyrics are banal and the rhymes clumsy .

歌詞は平板で古風で、韻を踏んで硬くて下手だ。

5.I spilt your coffee.Sorry-that was clumsy of me.

私はあなたのコーヒーをこぼしました。すみません、私は本当に不器用です。