Clunky and Slow

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Clunky adjective - Difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design.

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Slow and clunky are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slow" instead an adjective "Clunky".

Nearby Words: clunker, clunk, clunking, clunked

Slow adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.

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Clunky and slow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clunky" instead an adjective "Slow".

Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

The resulting combat system is extremely high fidelity in terms of simulating melee fights, but a little clunky and slow once more than two people are duking it out.

Source: Hit Points aka: Hit Point
Astaroth is in a similar boat to Ivy; at first blush, his attacks seem way too slow and clunky for Astaroth Newbies to compete with characters like Nightmare, who has a very easy to pick up aggro game that can hit nearly as hard.

Source: Difficult but Awesome
Slow and clunky, but heavily armored and really good at their designated role (each faction has Anti-Infantry, Anti-Vehicle, and Anti-Air variants).

Source: Video Game / PlanetSide

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