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81awkward — awkwardly, adv. awkwardness, n. /awk weuhrd/, adj. 1. lacking skill or dexterity; clumsy. 2. lacking grace or ease in movement: an awkward gesture; an awkward dancer. 3. lacking social graces or manners: a simple, awkward frontiersman. 4. not… …
82clumsy — clumsily, adv. clumsiness, n. /klum zee/, adj., clumsier, clumsiest. 1. awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things. 2. awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill contrived: He made a clumsy,… …
83ill — /il/, adj., worse, worst, n., adv. adj. 1. of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse. 2. objectionable; unsatisfactory; poor; faulty: ill manners. 3. hostile; unkindly: ill feeling. 4.… …
84inexperienced — /in ik spear ee euhnst/, adj. not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience. [1620 30; INEXPERIENCE + ED2] Syn. untrained, unskilled, inexpert, unpracticed; raw, green, naive, uninitiated. * * * …
85unaccomplished — /un euh kom plisht/, adj. 1. not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished. 2. without accomplishments; inexpert: an unaccomplished musician. [1515 25; UN 1 + ACCOMPLISHED] * * * …
86unpracticed — /un prak tist/, adj. 1. not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor. 2. not practiced; not usually or generally used or done; not put into effect. Also, esp. Brit., unpractised. [1530 40; UN 1 + PRACTICED] * * * …
87white-knuckle paddler — Canadian. an inexpert and timid canoeist. * * * …
88Cicero, Marcus Tullius — born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and… …
89Coverdale, Miles — born 1488?, York, Yorkshire, Eng. died Jan. 20, 1569, London English bishop who issued the first printed English Bible. Ordained in 1514, he became an Augustinian friar at Cambridge, where he adopted Lutheran beliefs. By 1528 he was preaching… …
90procedural law — Law that prescribes the procedures and methods for enforcing rights and duties and for obtaining redress (e.g., in a suit). It is distinguished from substantive law (i.e., law that creates, defines, or regulates rights and duties). Procedural law …
