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awkwardness: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; "the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano"; the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment); the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant; the quality of an embarrassing situation; "he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"; unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

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impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

unmanageability collapse

inelegance collapse: the quality of lacking refinement and good taste

humiliation collapse: depriving one of self-esteem; an instance in which you are caused to lose your prestige or self-respect; "he had to undergo one humiliation after another"; state of disgrace or loss of self-respect

mortification collapse: (Christianity) the act of mortifying the lusts of the flesh by self-denial and privation (especially by bodily pain or discomfort inflicted on yourself)

ineptitude collapse

ponderousness collapse: an oppressive quality that is laborious and solemn and lacks grace or fluency; "a book so serious that it sometimes subsided into ponderousness"; "his lectures tend to heaviness and repetition"

inconvenience collapse: the quality of not being useful or convenient; an inconvenient discomfort

embarrassment collapse: some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"; the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public; the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy); "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

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