Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being maladroit; clumsiness; awkwardness; want of skill or tact.
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- noun The condition of being
maladroit .
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- noun unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rhee's political maladroitness was not hers alone.
Michelle Rhee leaves, and the DCPS 'churn' continues Mike DeBonis Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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Rhee's political maladroitness was not hers alone.
Michelle Rhee leaves, and the DCPS 'churn' continues Mike DeBonis Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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In person, Cuccinelli's charged public persona is softened, if not subverted, by a skewed sense of humor -- he's a "Monty Python" aficionado -- and a certain goofy maladroitness.
Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative 2010
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In person, Cuccinelli's charged public persona is softened, if not subverted, by a skewed sense of humor -- he's a "Monty Python" aficionado -- and a certain goofy maladroitness.
Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli: The rise of the confounding conservative 2010
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“No other artform can in fact tolerate such an incorrible affirmation maladroitness among it practioners” is a wonderful statement and might even be true.
Writing and Failure (Part 6) : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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There are in fact, new and worthwhile voices–amidst the doppelgangers that desire for fans to mistake maladroitness and repetition for homage and nostalgic value.
The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker – review 2009
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Karen Hughes, a media-savvy George Bush confidante who ran the state department's public diplomacy from 2005 until her resignation in late 2007, was criticised from all sides of the political spectrum for her ignorance of foreign affairs and maladroitness in dealing with the Muslim world.
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The breathtaking maladroitness of Harry Reid's allowing this resolution to come to a vote on the Senate floor is matched only by the intergalactic stupidity of the original MoveOn ad.
Reso Condemning MoveOn Passes Overwhelmingly, With Lots Of Dems 2009
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No other artform can in fact tolerate such an incorrigible affirmation of maladroitness among its practitioners.
Writing and Failure (Part 6) : Christian Bök : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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His olive branch has thus turned into a boomerang; once again, this Prime Minister is on the floor, felled by a combination of gross policy error and maladroitness.
The spinning compass 2008
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