Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) clumsy, inept.

1965		Sat. Rev. (US) 28 Aug. 51/2: The dancers look good and the artists look a little klutzy.
1970		New Yorker 17 Jan. 72: The sad, klutzy ballerinas of the Music Hall.
1983		R. Price Breaks 152: A vision of Aaron as a klutzy satyr, lusting after dumply shy coeds.
1989		W. Kotzwinkle Midnight Examiner (1990) 84: I was just trying to scare him but the gun went off [...] You know how klutzy I am.
1999		Indep. on Sun. Culture 12 Dec. 4: Make a fresh start and make your life altogether more tasteful, less klutzy.
2000		Guardian Rev. 12 May 7: Klutzy B-features like High School Confidential.
2000		Indep. on Sun. Culture 19 Mar. 6: The voice-over is very klutzy.
2012		J. Fagan Panopticon (2013) 51: It’s horrible and klutzy.
2024		D. Swierczynski California Bear 316: But you go after him, he gets all nervous and klutzy. Stumbles over his own big feet.