Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
- noun An inept person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not adroit or dexterous; inexpert; clumsy; awkward; unhandy; bungling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
inept ;clumsy ;awkward ; notadroit - noun Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not adroit
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We sometimes refer to this kind of behavioral mistake as "maladroit".
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We sometimes refer to this kind of behavioral mistake as "maladroit".
Being clumsy Daniel Little 2009
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Q: You talked with journalists and jihadists and found some odd things, such as maladroit bombers ...
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Alan Johnson admits Labour has been 'maladroit' in its handling of ministers to acknowledge they've made a shambles of immigration - and then two
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Alan Johnson admits Labour has been 'maladroit' in its handling of ministers to acknowledge they've made a shambles of immigration - and then two
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Alan Johnson said immigration policy had been "maladroit".
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He says this and previous Governments have been "maladroit" (I think that means they have been shite as Governments) in the handling of immigration >
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Alan Johnson admits Labour has been 'maladroit' in its handling of ministers to acknowledge they've made a shambles of immigration - and then two
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Interviewed by Andrew Neil, Peter Hain admitted that government failure on housing and migration had heightened the BNP's appeal, and, in an interview in this morning's Independent, Alan Johnson elaborates on his claim that successive governments have been "maladroit" in handling immigration.
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Alan Johnson admits Labour has been 'maladroit' in its handling of ministers to acknowledge they've made a shambles of immigration - and then two weekend, with the universal rejection of his international transaction
brtom commented on the word maladroit
... their heads thickplotting under maladroit silk hats.
Joyce, Ulysses, 2
December 29, 2006