Clumsier

In a CNN interview with Piers Morgan, Romney's only misstep was his clumsy attempt to distinguish between calling Mubarak a dictator (which he wouldn't), and calling him a "monarch-like" figure (which he would), which unfortunately recalled his clumsier attempt to tap-dance away from the mandate that everyone buy health insurance that he put at the heart of his own state plan. ❋ Marty Kaplan (2011)

McCloskey fell over in the fourth round but Khan was the clumsier, off-loading too many telegraphed blows, although his class was still present in some sporadic punches that hurt the Irishman. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Their ability to retain possession for minutes on end tends to frustrate opponents and produce clumsier tackles or, in the case of Antonio Valencia at Wembley, frayed tempers. ❋ Unknown (2011)

As is always the case, the longer the layover at DFW, the closer your gates are; the shorter the connection, the longer the run -- usually via the Skylink train -- and the clumsier your luggage is. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The actual text of the Bible that he was reading—we are in the late fourth century C.E.—was not the later, mellifluous Latin translation known as the Vulgate, but a much clumsier, awkward version now studied only by scholars, the Vetus Latina. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

YouTube is chock-full of Turkish riffs on most Western geek culture mainstays, riffs that almost always employ (in a clumsier manner than their American cousins) dizzying amounts of violence, sex, and overwrought soundtracks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That produced new, clumsier line breaks and spacing and, with long speeches, larger balloons. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In an clumsier episode, he accidentally set it afloat on a Hawaiian beach. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2012)

The moth repairs – there were two holes, in close conjunction – was even clumsier. ❋ Jean (2009)

Many apps on the phone aren't as polished or powerful as typical PC apps, and I found them clumsier to use with the keyboard and touch pad, as opposed to the touch screen for which they were designed. ❋ Walter S. Mossberg (2011)

For now though, the Jets are simply looking forward to Kerley's return—Ryan hopes it will be this week—and will forgive McKnight's clumsier moments. ❋ Joshua Robinson (2011)

And I found they make it clumsier to hold the iPad for reading. ❋ Walter S. Mossberg (2011)