graceless
Someone who's graceless is awkward or uncoordinated. Graceless means without grace, by being physically clumsy or by having no manners. A graceless dancer steps on toes, and a graceless winner rubs it in.
People can be graceless in their physical movements or actions, like a graceless ballet dancer who thumps heavily across the stage. Or they can be graceless in their words or behavior, like a graceless stand-up comic who isn't funny, just rude and boorish. Graceless originally meant "not in a state of grace," with grace defined as "God's love." A more modern meaning of grace is "beauty of form or movement."
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lacking grace; clumsy“a graceless production of the play”synonyms: ungracefulawkwardlacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
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lacking graciousness
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lacking social polish, poise, or refinementsynonyms: gauche, unaccomplished, unpolishedinelegantlacking in refinement or grace or good taste
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