Long and Ungainly

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Long adjective - Of great extent from end to end.

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Ungainly and long are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ungainly" instead an adjective "Long".

Nearby Word: longed

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

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Long and ungainly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Long" instead an adjective "Ungainly".

For ballistic weapons, it's typically because the barrel is long and ungainly to aim (though artwork sometimes doesn't depict this).

Source: Tabletop Game / BattleTech
Partially averted with the fawns in Bambi as they have long, ungainly legs like real fawns, but round heads and high foreheads like human babies.

Source: Humanlike Animal Aging
The calves and lambs in Mickey And The Beanstalk have long, ungainly legs like real calves and lambs.

Source: Humanlike Animal Aging

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