Senseless or Awkward: English Vocabulary List

to act or behave in a very crazy and uncontrollable manner

"You need your head examined."

"You need to have your head examined if you think walking alone through that dangerous neighbourhood at midnight is a good idea."

completely unaware of what is happening in one's surroundings

"My boss is completely out to lunch."

"The boss is completely out to lunch if he thinks we can finish this project by Friday without any help."

to move clumsily and awkwardly, particularly when one dances

"I have two left feet when dancing."

"No matter how hard he tries he has two left feet and cannot dance without stepping on his partner's toes."

to act in a very clumsy or awkward manner

"He is all thumbs."

"I am all thumbs when it comes to assembling furniture, so I usually ask for help."

to behave in a crazy and uncontrollable manner

"He has a screw loose."

"After the accident, he started acting erratically, and people whispered that he had a screw loose."

a person or thing that does not fit the current situation or position they are in

"He is a square peg in a round hole."

"The creative child felt like a square peg in a round hole at the strict traditional school with rigid rules."

someone or something that is different from other people or things of its kind

"I was the odd one out."

"Everyone at the party was wearing formal clothes so I felt like the odd one out in my jeans and t shirt."

used to describe someone or something that is extremely bizarre and abnormal

"That idea is as queer as Dick's hatband."

"The whole situation was as queer as Dick's hatband and nobody understood what happened."

to behave or think in a way that is completely detached from reality or out of touch with norms of the society

"He is living on another planet."

"My brother is so forgetful that he seems to live on another planet most of the time."

a person who is perceived as being absent-minded or out of touch with reality

"The space cadet forgot the meeting."

"He often seemed like a space cadet, staring out the window and completely missing what was happening around him."