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Unready

Not ready or prepared; not prompt; slow; awkward; clumsy.

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Flat-footed 84% connected

Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.

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Flat-footed 84% connected

Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.

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Napping 84% connected

of Nap

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Napping 84% connected

of Nap

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Unripe 84% connected

Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.

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Unripe 84% connected

Not ripe; as, unripe fruit.

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Preparation 66% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Preparation 66% connected

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready;…

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Readiness 66% connected

The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

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Readiness 66% connected

The state or quality of being ready; preparation; promptness; aptitude; willingness.

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Ready 94% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Ready 94% connected

Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement o…

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Adagio a. & adv. · 78% connection

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

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Apt adjective · 78% connection

Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.

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Awk adjective · 78% connection

Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.

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Awkward adjective · 78% connection

Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiven…

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Blunder verb · 78% connection

To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.

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Bungle verb · 78% connection

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Bungler noun · 78% connection

A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.

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Bungling adjective · 78% connection

Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: ready, prepared, prompt, slow, awkward.
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Clouterly noun · 78% connection

Clumsy; awkward.

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Clumsy superl. · 78% connection

Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-mad…

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Dexterous adjective · 78% connection

Ready and expert in the use of the body and limbs; skillful and active with the hands; handy; ready; as, a dexterous hand; a dexterous…

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Dull superl. · 78% connection

Slow in action; sluggish; unready; awkward.

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Forward adjective · 78% connection

Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense, overready; to hasty.

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Gauche noun · 78% connection

Left handed; hence, awkward; clumsy.

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Gawky superl. · 78% connection

Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a ga…

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Heavy-haded adjective · 78% connection

Clumsy; awkward.

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Left-handed adjective · 78% connection

Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.

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Lento a. & adv. · 78% connection

Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.

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