2
incompetent(awkward, unqualified, inept, clumsy, bulky)
2
inexpert(awkward, incompetent, unqualified, inept, clumsy)
2
labored(adjective, good)
2
loutish(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, clumsy)
2
lumbering(simple, stupid, awkward, inept, clumsy)
2
onerous
2
peremptory(adjective, tyrannical)
2
unfit(adjective, ready, incompetent, unqualified, inept)
2
unwieldy(awkward, inept, bulky, ungainly)
1
arrogant(adjective, tyrannical)
1
barbaric(adjective, rough, rude, coarse, crude)
1
barbarous
1
blunderheaded
1
blunderous(simple, stupid, awkward, inept, clumsy)
1
brutal
1
bulky(awkward, inept, ungainly)
1
bush league(expression, incompetent, unqualified, inept, unable)
1
butter-fingered(incompetent, unqualified, inept, unable, unprepared)
1
careless
1
clumsy-fisted
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