Hyphenation of clumsiness

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word clumsiness? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

clum-si-ness

Definitions of clumsiness:

1.	Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
2.	The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
3.	The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

Synonyms of clumsiness:

noun	awkwardness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness, unskillfulness
noun	awkwardness, carriage, bearing, posture
noun	awkwardness, gracelessness, stiffness, inelegance

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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