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"ref": "2023 September 6, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Leaderless and rudderless”, in RAIL, number 991, page 3",
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "lomp"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "onbeholpen"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "poropeukalo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "kömpelö"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "maladroit"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "unbeholfen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "plump"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "ügyetlen"
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"code": "no",
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "klomsete"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "klønete"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "desengonçado"
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"roman": "neukljúžij",
"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
"word": "неуклю́жий"
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"word": "нело́вкий"
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"sense": "lacking skill in physical movement",
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"word": "ham-fisted"
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