Sentence examples for clumsy decisions from inspiring English sources

Less than a year had passed and the whole structure of the CDRPs had already been weakened at the base by three problems which were to continue to haunt it: the clumsy decisions of ministers; the lethargy and weakness of local partners; the heavy hand of Whitehall control.

It was a clumsy decision, a big mistake.

We have a European Union encumbered by clumsy decision-making and confused messages.

He was harmed by the BBC's clumsy decision not to run a report on "Newsnight", a current-affairs show, that would have exposed Jimmy Savile, a recently-deceased presenter, as a serial sex offender.

Executives at EADS say the conversion of Airbus into a conventional corporation will save money, eliminate inefficiency and streamline the clumsy decision-making that had plagued the old consortium.

They were also dealing with some politically clumsy decision making by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Disturbances in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, last year over a clumsy government decision to move a Soviet war memorial inflamed feelings that have not yet subsided.Lithuania's problems are different (it has a small Russian minority which gained automatic citizenship in 1991).

That all those cables were available electronically to everyone from the secretary of State to a lowly army private was the result of a clumsy post-9/11 decision at the highest levels of the State Department to quickly make up for information-sharing shortcomings.

That all those cables were available electronically to everyone from the Secretary of State to a lowly Army private was the result of a clumsy post-9/11 decision at the highest levels of the State Department to quickly make up for information-sharing shortcomings.

Speaking after May unexpectedly delayed signing-off on government support for the new power station, Cable described the late decision as clumsy but understandable.

Coaches can give crash courses to inexperienced executives or impart new skills to accomplished managers with blind spots in some areas, like a slowness in making decisions or a clumsy speaking style.