The phrase "awkward use" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where something is used in a clumsy or uncomfortable manner, often referring to language or expressions that may not fit well in context.
Example: "The speaker's awkward use of technical jargon confused the audience, making it difficult for them to follow the presentation."
Alternatives: "clumsy usage" or "ungraceful application".
The infelicity of Polybius' Greek (which frequently reproduces the conventional phrases of the Hellenistic chancelleries familiar from contemporary inscriptions) lies in its awkward use of long and cumbersome circumlocutions, vague abstract nouns, and pedantic repetitions.
She was born to German- Jewish parents in Pennsylvania, and the cartoon reflects the German ethnicity she often emphasises in her writing, such as her story The Good Anna, about a servant "of solid lower middle-class south German stock" whose awkward use of English she comically relishes.
Navigating the UI and performing actions in Glass software could conceivably be brainwave-directed, which would solve its occasionally awkward use paradigms and bring it that much closer to realizing the dream of truly hands-free, wearable computing.
And love it or hate it, Manafort's awkward use of a tool used by basically everyone really highlights how prevalent the PDF really is.
He found The Cantos disjointed and its contents reflecting a too-obvious reliance on the literary works of other authors, and an awkward use of Latin and Chinese translations as a device inserted among reminiscences of Pound's own life.
The group was promptly mocked for its awkward use of outdated memes, and only two days later political gossip website Guido Fawkes published screen grabs of a WhatsApp conversation of Activate campaigners joking about "gassing chavs".
"You feel sort of awkward using a phrase like 'have and have-not,' but it's the case that while companies may not be hiring new people, they're spending more on business travel," Mr. Mandelbaum said.
It's awkward using a bulky SLR on class 5 climbs if you don't have a belay ledge so I didn't take any photos other than at the start and at the end of the second pitch, both of which had nice ledges.
It has an 8.0-megapixel rear-facing camera that can record 1080p HD video and because of it's more reasonable size you will look a little less awkward using it as a camera in public.
Some students felt awkward using one hand for advancing the needle into the vein.
Site coordinators conducting interviews on their own sometimes feel awkward using a recorder, and the interviewees occasionally refuse it.
