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How to sign: not elegant or graceful in expression
"an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?";
Similiar / Same: inapt, inept, ill-chosen, clumsy, cumbersome
How to sign: causing inconvenience
"they arrived at an awkward time";
How to sign: hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned;
Similiar / Same: embarrassing, unenviable, sticky