The word 'clunky' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe something, such as an object or device, that is large, old, and not very efficient. For example, you could say "My grandfather's old typewriter is really clunky."
Your new book borrows much from real life events and modern science too doesn't it (it's a clunky segue, but I'm sticking with it)? Yes of course.
An even bigger stumbling block is another clunky acronym, ISDS (Investor State Dispute Settlement), which would allow businesses to sue governments for action that would hurt future profits.
They were interesting features, having a bigger screen, but the end result was a lousy product, because they were big and clunky," Ive noted when asked why it took Apple so long to follow the trend first set by Android smartphones with screens larger than 4in around the 4.7in to 5in mark.
The "tasters" seem clunky and oddly downbeat – "Mountbatten Speaks on World War 2; In Colour: Verdict on the Paris Fashions" – but the portrait, with its clever crop, could have appeared on any magazine this morning.
Notifications is more comprehensive than Android's offering Notifications on the old iOS have always looked clunky ever since Android's elegant "something's changed" icons in its top menu bar came along.
'Facilitated physical activity intervention' is a rather clunky term.
Though other smartwatches have come to market earlier, from rivals such as Samsung, many users have been put off by their clunky interfaces, large and bulky form factor and poor battery life.
I looked on the Tampax website for its latest advertising, and once its clunky player actually worked, I saw an advert showing a high-jumper being confronted by the cunning Mother Nature – a mature, beautiful woman dressed in witchy green – before leaping over a high jump to a voiceover of beating your obstacles.
It only adds to the movie's clunky, 1950s feel: it has all the puffed-up high camp of a Charlton Heston swords-and-sandals epic, without any of the fun.
And unlike Nokia's cool models, Ericsson's seem clunky and dated by comparison.
Gas-to-liquids (GTL) is the clunky name given to a set of fuels that can be blended into conventional diesel and used in today's engines.
