The phrase "awkward impression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a feeling or perception that is uncomfortable or clumsy, often in social situations.
Example: "When he stumbled over his words during the presentation, it left an awkward impression on the audience."
Alternatives: "uncomfortable impression" or "clumsy impression".
The event's uneven proportions give the awkward impression of professional tennis players who stumbled upon a tea-set-sized court, shrugged, and said, "Let's do this".
The latter helps to moderate the awkward impression from sometimes very lousy significances of alignments that would not be worth being mentioned outside of this context (the worst case being 0.42 for the match of the profiles of Cas8a2 and Cas8a1, msp 15).
At over 6ft, with large prism-like glasses and a professorial demeanour, Edgar can make a rather awkward first impression: "He can occasionally, just because of his size and his manner, seem a little ponderous," says his friend, the writer Anthony Holden, "but I think this is just a consequence of a razor-sharp brain and a massive intelligence.
"Entertainment Tonight" reported that Perry threw the shade in a montage of contestants making awkward first impressions, so viewers missed out on a fair amount of the moment, including the guy's performance.
But the dominant impression was awkward ill humor.
In a corner of the Stonewall Inn, which had reverted to its half-full Monday-night routine, Will McDowell, a twenty-three-year-old British copywriter, confirmed my impression: "It was awkward to hear every speaker use the tragedy in their own way.
And Laurence Fox is a droll Cecil, Lucy's uninterested fiancé; their spectacularly awkward first kiss leaves the distinct impression that he'd rather be kissing someone more manly.
Mel is not a relaxed, sociable individual to start with -- sampling any interview with Gibson leaves the impression that he is awkward and ill at ease in public.
Stephen Fry just isn't funny tonight, that impression of Stephen Hawking was incredibly awkward #donttakethispissoutofalegend slightly thrown by @stephenfry 's verbal impression of the amazing @stephenhawking.
Not only does it avoid awkward stand-offs; it helps foster the impression that you are moving towards "the rule of law".
"I am quite honoured, and surprised," Gardner said - though I got the impression he felt a little awkward about it, too.
