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Thein lwin Posted 11 years ago
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My hands are clumsy.
Please correct the sentence and I'd like to know the meaning of the word 'clumsy'.
  

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Clumsy is an attribute applied to a person who has not yet become practised at doing something. Typically, clumsy people drop things or trip over things. A person who is recovering from an accident may need time to regain his balance or even learn to walk again; so he is temporarily ‘clumsy’.

  • Clumsy is an attribute applied to a person who has not yet become practised at doing something.
  • Typically, clumsy people drop things or trip over things.
  • A person who is recovering from an accident may need time to regain his balance or even learn to walk again; so he is temporarily ‘clumsy’.
  • Hands and feet respond to signals sent from the brain, so when the brain is too inexperienced (as with a child) or damaged (as after an accident), the signals are unclear.
  • The result is that the hands or other limbs don’t do what they are supposed to.
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Clumsy is an attribute applied to a person who has not yet become practised at doing something. Typically, clumsy people drop things or trip over things. A person who is recovering from an accident may need time to regain his balance or even learn to walk again; so he is temporarily ‘clumsy’.
Hands and feet respond to signals sent from the brain, so when the brain is too inexperienced (as wi

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