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maladroit

[ mal-uh-droit ]

adjective

  1. lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless:

    to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.

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maladroit

/ ˌæəˈɔɪ /

adjective

  1. showing or characterized by clumsiness; not dexterous
  2. tactless and insensitive in behaviour or speech
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈǾٲԱ, noun
  • ˌˈǾٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • a·Ǿl adverb
  • a·Ǿn noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of maladroit1

First recorded in 1665–75; from French, Middle French: literally “clumsy”; mal-, adroit
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of maladroit1

C17: from French, from mal badly + adroit
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You may need a microscope to see it in this maladroit production, but you hear it wonderfully.

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Trump subsequently browbeat his maladroit FDA chairman, Stephen Hahn, into issuing an emergency authorization for the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients.

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The original's famously maladroit "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," with its adversaries whose faces were painted white and black on opposite sides, is kindly remembered as well-intentioned and poorly executed.

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It’s “Groundhog Day” in Denver with the Broncos’ maladroit offense unable to score and its stellar defense incapable of closing out opponents.

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If Ms. Skinner’s defiant testimony was an attempt at damage control by Hockey Canada, it was an exceptionally maladroit effort.

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