how to pronounce неловкость

/nʲɪˈɫofkəsʲtʲ/

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неловкость is pronounced in three syllables

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nʲ

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sʲ

tʲ

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An example use of неловкость in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… чувствовал неловкость по этому поводу и …”

meanings of неловкость

noun:

Discomfort (especially emotional).
Clumsiness.
Awkwardness.

неловкость frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word неловкость occurs in russian on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.