lumpier; lumpiest
1
a
: filled or covered with lumps
b
: characterized by choppy waves
2
: having a heavy clumsy appearance
3
: uneven and often crude in style
Examples of lumpy in a Sentence
the lumpy mashed potatoes were cold as well
before painting, we had to sand the lumpy surface to make it smooth
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On days when symptoms are active, at least 25% of stools will be loose or watery, while fewer than 25% will be hard or lumpy.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Jan. 2025
In this new image taken by JWST 's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which can peer through clouds of gas and warm dust, those classic hallmarks of the Sombrero have vanished, replaced by a lumpy ring of dust around a gap that houses the bright core where a supermassive black hole lurks.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Instead of the sleek and smooth scales on snakes and lizards, crocodiles have a more lumpy and three dimensional pattern on their scaly heads.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
Clouds of dust and pale smoke hung in the air above its lumpy surface.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 9 Jan. 2025
In this new image taken by JWST 's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which can peer through clouds of gas and warm dust, those classic hallmarks of the Sombrero have vanished, replaced by a lumpy ring of dust around a gap that houses the bright core where a supermassive black hole lurks.
—Space.com Staff, Space.com, 1 Jan. 2025
Instead of the sleek and smooth scales on snakes and lizards, crocodiles have a more lumpy and three dimensional pattern on their scaly heads.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
Clouds of dust and pale smoke hung in the air above its lumpy surface.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Lumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumpy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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