He made a strategically clumsy remark about "an accidental explosion".
Nor was she hurt by a clumsy remark in which she said more people were killed each year on the state's roads than died during the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
If someone makes a racially clumsy remark, and they have no history of living out that remark in other ways, it's probably just a stupid mistake.
More to the point, there is a risk of comparing offensive and clumsy sexual remarks with respectful, courteous sexual advances.
Strange, clumsy, disastrously misjudged remarks leap out of his mouth when he is just trying to be nice and normal.
Did your mother let you out?" She wanted to let him know how clumsy she found his remarks so she said slowly, "Did my mother let me out?" He brushed ashes off his shirtfront and then said, "Yes," falsely jaunty.
Mr. Chasanoff contended that he touched the girl because she was shaking and nervous, not for any prurient purpose, and that his remark, while clumsy, was made out of pride.
The first question asked of the panel was whether Clarke's remarks had been "clumsy, wrong or misconstrued?" and this issue, more Westminster than Wormwood, occupied the first half hour of the show.
Some interpreted his remarks as a clumsy attempt to help Britain's prime minister, Tony Blair, who was faced with rebellion in his cabinet.See article: Tony Blair and the warTurning up the heatNorth Korea's decision to restart a nuclear reactor and to buzz an American spy plane were "worrisome" events, the United States said.
There's an even less successful routine about why fat people are good for the economy; and a clumsy riposte to a daft remark the actor Eva Longoria made about her eyelashes.
