Ko nekomu rečete clumsy, to pomeni, da se oseba zaradi nesreče premika čudno ali nerodno itd. Poleg tega se lahko uporablja tudi za ljudi, ki so slabo obnašani ali nerodni.
Primer: Oh no, I dropped a plate. How clumsy of me! (O moj gosh, spustite krožnik, ne pustite, da vas narobe.)
Primer: Karen can be so clumsy. She bumped into George earlier and knocked him over. (Karen je včasih poredna, prej je naletela na Georgea in ga podrla.)
Primer: That was a very clumsy speech. The speaker was trying to be funny, but it wasn't funny. (To je bil neroden govor, prepričan sem, da je govornik poskušal biti smešen, vendar sploh ni bilo smešno.)