6
flopping(verb, failing)
4
unfit(adjective, inadequate, clumsy, unable, inelegant)
4
blundering(verb, failing, clumsy, inelegant, graceless)
4
incompetent(adjective, useless, inept, clumsy, unable)
4
stumbling(verb, failing, clumsy, inelegant, graceless)
3
awkward(adjective, inadequate, clumsy, unable, inelegant)
3
clumsy(adjective, inadequate, inept, unable, inelegant)
3
failing(verb, failing)
3
faltering(verb, adjective, failing)
3
flunking(verb, failing)
3
maladroit(adjective, awkward, inadequate, clumsy, unable)
2
collapsing(verb, failing)
1
bungling(adjective, inadequate, clumsy, unable, inelegant)
1
inept(adjective, inadequate, clumsy, unable, inelegant)
1
tossing
1
artless(adjective, clumsy, inelegant, graceless)
1
bitching
1
boggling
1
bumbling(clumsy, inelegant, graceless)
1
bush-league(inadequate, useless, inept, unable, unskilled)
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