About The Word Maladroit

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Maladroit

Maladroit Meaning & Definition
Maladroit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Maladroit?

[adj] not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Maladroit: bumbling | bungling | butterfingered | ham-fisted | ham-handed | handless | heavy-handed | inept | left-handed | nonmechanical | tactless | uncoordinated | unmechanical

Related Terms | Find terms related to Maladroit: all thumbs | awkward | base | blunderheaded | blundering | boorish | brash | bumbling | bungling | butterfingered | careless | clownish | clumsy | clumsy-fisted | cumbersome | deficient | fingers all thumbs | fumbling | gauche | gawkish | gawky | graceless | halting | ham-fisted | ham-handed | heavy-handed | hulking | hulky | imperfect | impolitic | inadequate | incompetent | inelegant | inept | insufficient | left-hand | left-handed | little | loutish | lubberly | lumbering | lumpish | mean | mediocre | not comparable | not in it | oafish | out of it | petty | ponderous | shabby | sloppy | small | stiff | stumbling | trivial | uncouth | undiplomatic | ungainly | ungraceful | unhandy | unskilled | unskillful | untactful | unwieldy

See Also | awkward

Maladroit In Webster's Dictionary

\Mal`a*droit"\, a. [F. See {Malice}, and {Adroit}.] Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. -- {Mal"a*droit`ly}, adv. -- {Mal`a*droit"ness}, n.

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