Because opera is a collaborative genre, the mechanisms of its production and its resulting meaning(s) are often heteroglossic or at best ungainly.
However, proof trees for more complicated examples can become ungainly.
Finally, the book would be far more readable if the long quotes, ungainly sentences and inaccurate grammar had received more careful editorial attention.
Why choose the rather ungainly age categories 'elderly' and 'nonelderly'?
The strings "he, she or it", "his, her or its" or "him, her or it" are so ungainly that they should be avoided as much as possible.
It admits that at the present stage of manufacture some of the fabrics are a little ungainly in appearance.
The phrase "the will of a deceased person" is somewhat ungainly, since taken literally it would mean a will made by a deceased person.
This idea, despite its somewhat ungainly name, has been adopted across the country by councils of differing political persuasions.
