"clumpish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more clumpish [comparative], most clumpish [superlative]
Etymology: clump + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|clump|ish}} clump + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} clumpish (comparative more clumpish, superlative most clumpish)
  1. Tending to form clumps.
    Sense id: en-clumpish-en-adj-iBLvFE16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 79 21
  2. Heavy and awkward; clumpy.
    Sense id: en-clumpish-en-adj-Eq~G~7ov

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