Definition of maladroit in English:

maladroit

adjective ˌmaləˈdrɔɪtˌmæləˈdrɔɪt

Inefficient or inept; clumsy.
both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled
Example sentencesExamples
- This has been an extremely clumsy maladroit approach on the part of the US economic team.
- Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk?
- Perhaps I'm too cynical, but only commercial reasons spring to my mind when I try to justify this maladroit wraparound device.
- If Lott's original words are not enough to disqualify him as Senate leader, then his maladroit grasp of public relations should be.
- So, these vines are actually moving these people, explaining their maladroit walking patterns.
- Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype.
- But what is impressive is the way that their dialogue, often callow and maladroit, is callow and maladroit in precisely the right way.
- Measured against other degenerate cultures, we are still, in some respects, at the stage of a touchingly maladroit infancy.
- The results included muddled avant-garde theatrical staging techniques and insensitive and maladroit portraits of African Americans.
- Padlin stared helplessly at his drawing, at his maladroit strokes.
- A single maladroit quip or an unscripted dramatic moment on the campaign trail could spell the difference between victory and defeat.
- Clinton's maladroit staffing decisions contributed to the political turmoil of his initial years in the White House.
- In the 1930s and in the 1960s, all sorts of maladroit, stodgy unions did quite well.
- In one measured, maladroit motion - only after he had lined up the shot with the ball resting in his right palm - O'Neal aimed and fired.
- This he contrasts to the maladroit policies pursued by the natives after they acquired independence - which included high tariffs, industrial planning, labor protection, and the like.
- The Germans also launched a maladroit effort to entice Mexico into the war, exposed by the Zimmermann telegraph affair.
- But her long harsh sentence is cockeyed, as is Peter Beattie's very disappointing and uncharacteristically maladroit response.
- And so much unlike his younger brother, Eric was maladroit at handling simple home economics tasks.
- A shame, then; in the book reviewed here… a picture gradually emerges of the artist as a cantankerous and socially maladroit buffoon.
- I will only make one observation - the Chinese government has been extraordinarily maladroit over the past six months.
Synonyms
bungling, awkward, inept, clumsy, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping, all fingers and thumbs, flat-footed, lumbering
like a bull in a china shop, tactless, insensitive, thoughtless, inconsiderate, undiplomatic, impolitic, injudicious
informal butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, cack-handed
archaic lubberly

Derivatives

maladroitly

adverb ˌmaləˈdrɔɪtliˌmæləˈdrɔɪtli

Legalist institutions that manage that pursuit maladroitly are ultimately swept away.
Example sentencesExamples
- Small-scale land restitution to those who could prove they owned it before 1947 has been maladroitly handled.
- I groaned internally as I recalled the plane ride where I had maladroitly gotten sick all over Ross.
- Aida walked maladroitly to a couch and sat down, slipping his sandals off his feet.
- We should not be guided by how to get the United States out of the quagmire it has so maladroitly manufactured.

maladroitness

noun ˌmaləˈdrɔɪtnəsˌmæləˈdrɔɪtnəs

Unfortunately it appears that Mr Rahman's maladroitness precedes him.
Example sentencesExamples
- By implication, an antidote to the maladroitness, the maladaption, the clumsiness of the shy is simply learning to dance.
- Mishaps and maladroitness end in pairing for all, as their love ‘started in eternity and will last till doomsday’.
- Nerd social maladroitness, rather than arrogance, is the key to understanding this bachelor's behavior.
- Not only is the moment not particularly funny, its maladroitness ruins any momentum the film had been building.

Origin

Late 17th century: French.

Rhymes

adroit, dacoit, Detroit, doit, droit, exploit, quoit

Definition of maladroit in US English:

maladroit

adjectiveˌmæləˈdrɔɪtˌmaləˈdroit

Ineffective or bungling; clumsy.
both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled
Example sentencesExamples
- I will only make one observation - the Chinese government has been extraordinarily maladroit over the past six months.
- But what is impressive is the way that their dialogue, often callow and maladroit, is callow and maladroit in precisely the right way.
- In one measured, maladroit motion - only after he had lined up the shot with the ball resting in his right palm - O'Neal aimed and fired.
- This has been an extremely clumsy maladroit approach on the part of the US economic team.
- So, these vines are actually moving these people, explaining their maladroit walking patterns.
- In the 1930s and in the 1960s, all sorts of maladroit, stodgy unions did quite well.
- This he contrasts to the maladroit policies pursued by the natives after they acquired independence - which included high tariffs, industrial planning, labor protection, and the like.
- Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype.
- A single maladroit quip or an unscripted dramatic moment on the campaign trail could spell the difference between victory and defeat.
- Measured against other degenerate cultures, we are still, in some respects, at the stage of a touchingly maladroit infancy.
- The Germans also launched a maladroit effort to entice Mexico into the war, exposed by the Zimmermann telegraph affair.
- Perhaps I'm too cynical, but only commercial reasons spring to my mind when I try to justify this maladroit wraparound device.
- The results included muddled avant-garde theatrical staging techniques and insensitive and maladroit portraits of African Americans.
- If Lott's original words are not enough to disqualify him as Senate leader, then his maladroit grasp of public relations should be.
- Clinton's maladroit staffing decisions contributed to the political turmoil of his initial years in the White House.
- A shame, then; in the book reviewed here… a picture gradually emerges of the artist as a cantankerous and socially maladroit buffoon.
- But her long harsh sentence is cockeyed, as is Peter Beattie's very disappointing and uncharacteristically maladroit response.
- Padlin stared helplessly at his drawing, at his maladroit strokes.
- Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk?
- And so much unlike his younger brother, Eric was maladroit at handling simple home economics tasks.
Synonyms
bungling, awkward, inept, clumsy, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping, all fingers and thumbs, flat-footed, lumbering

Origin

Late 17th century: French.

单词	maladroit
释义	Definition of maladroit in English: maladroit adjective ˌmaləˈdrɔɪtˌmæləˈdrɔɪt Inefficient or inept; clumsy. both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled Example sentencesExamples This has been an extremely clumsy maladroit approach on the part of the US economic team. Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Perhaps I'm too cynical, but only commercial reasons spring to my mind when I try to justify this maladroit wraparound device. If Lott's original words are not enough to disqualify him as Senate leader, then his maladroit grasp of public relations should be. So, these vines are actually moving these people, explaining their maladroit walking patterns. Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype. But what is impressive is the way that their dialogue, often callow and maladroit, is callow and maladroit in precisely the right way. Measured against other degenerate cultures, we are still, in some respects, at the stage of a touchingly maladroit infancy. The results included muddled avant-garde theatrical staging techniques and insensitive and maladroit portraits of African Americans. Padlin stared helplessly at his drawing, at his maladroit strokes. A single maladroit quip or an unscripted dramatic moment on the campaign trail could spell the difference between victory and defeat. Clinton's maladroit staffing decisions contributed to the political turmoil of his initial years in the White House. In the 1930s and in the 1960s, all sorts of maladroit, stodgy unions did quite well. In one measured, maladroit motion - only after he had lined up the shot with the ball resting in his right palm - O'Neal aimed and fired. This he contrasts to the maladroit policies pursued by the natives after they acquired independence - which included high tariffs, industrial planning, labor protection, and the like. The Germans also launched a maladroit effort to entice Mexico into the war, exposed by the Zimmermann telegraph affair. But her long harsh sentence is cockeyed, as is Peter Beattie's very disappointing and uncharacteristically maladroit response. And so much unlike his younger brother, Eric was maladroit at handling simple home economics tasks. A shame, then; in the book reviewed here… a picture gradually emerges of the artist as a cantankerous and socially maladroit buffoon. I will only make one observation - the Chinese government has been extraordinarily maladroit over the past six months. Synonyms bungling, awkward, inept, clumsy, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping, all fingers and thumbs, flat-footed, lumbering like a bull in a china shop, tactless, insensitive, thoughtless, inconsiderate, undiplomatic, impolitic, injudicious informal butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, cack-handed archaic lubberly Derivatives maladroitly adverb ˌmaləˈdrɔɪtliˌmæləˈdrɔɪtli Legalist institutions that manage that pursuit maladroitly are ultimately swept away. Example sentencesExamples Small-scale land restitution to those who could prove they owned it before 1947 has been maladroitly handled. I groaned internally as I recalled the plane ride where I had maladroitly gotten sick all over Ross. Aida walked maladroitly to a couch and sat down, slipping his sandals off his feet. We should not be guided by how to get the United States out of the quagmire it has so maladroitly manufactured. maladroitness noun ˌmaləˈdrɔɪtnəsˌmæləˈdrɔɪtnəs Unfortunately it appears that Mr Rahman's maladroitness precedes him. Example sentencesExamples By implication, an antidote to the maladroitness, the maladaption, the clumsiness of the shy is simply learning to dance. Mishaps and maladroitness end in pairing for all, as their love ‘started in eternity and will last till doomsday’. Nerd social maladroitness, rather than arrogance, is the key to understanding this bachelor's behavior. Not only is the moment not particularly funny, its maladroitness ruins any momentum the film had been building. Origin Late 17th century: French. Rhymes adroit, dacoit, Detroit, doit, droit, exploit, quoit Definition of maladroit in US English: maladroit adjectiveˌmæləˈdrɔɪtˌmaləˈdroit Ineffective or bungling; clumsy. both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled Example sentencesExamples I will only make one observation - the Chinese government has been extraordinarily maladroit over the past six months. But what is impressive is the way that their dialogue, often callow and maladroit, is callow and maladroit in precisely the right way. In one measured, maladroit motion - only after he had lined up the shot with the ball resting in his right palm - O'Neal aimed and fired. This has been an extremely clumsy maladroit approach on the part of the US economic team. So, these vines are actually moving these people, explaining their maladroit walking patterns. In the 1930s and in the 1960s, all sorts of maladroit, stodgy unions did quite well. This he contrasts to the maladroit policies pursued by the natives after they acquired independence - which included high tariffs, industrial planning, labor protection, and the like. Allen, of course, hotly denies this, arguing that his lusty, maladroit, cowardly, witty and nebbish persona is a comic archetype. A single maladroit quip or an unscripted dramatic moment on the campaign trail could spell the difference between victory and defeat. Measured against other degenerate cultures, we are still, in some respects, at the stage of a touchingly maladroit infancy. The Germans also launched a maladroit effort to entice Mexico into the war, exposed by the Zimmermann telegraph affair. Perhaps I'm too cynical, but only commercial reasons spring to my mind when I try to justify this maladroit wraparound device. The results included muddled avant-garde theatrical staging techniques and insensitive and maladroit portraits of African Americans. If Lott's original words are not enough to disqualify him as Senate leader, then his maladroit grasp of public relations should be. Clinton's maladroit staffing decisions contributed to the political turmoil of his initial years in the White House. A shame, then; in the book reviewed here… a picture gradually emerges of the artist as a cantankerous and socially maladroit buffoon. But her long harsh sentence is cockeyed, as is Peter Beattie's very disappointing and uncharacteristically maladroit response. Padlin stared helplessly at his drawing, at his maladroit strokes. Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? And so much unlike his younger brother, Eric was maladroit at handling simple home economics tasks. Synonyms bungling, awkward, inept, clumsy, bumbling, incompetent, unskilful, heavy-handed, ungainly, inelegant, inexpert, graceless, ungraceful, gauche, unhandy, uncoordinated, gawky, cloddish, clodhopping, all fingers and thumbs, flat-footed, lumbering Origin Late 17th century: French.
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