maladroit

Examples

• All

• I suppose doctors can be as irked with maladroit statements in medicine as former journalists and editors are with the same kind of thing in headlines.

  Blog text (24)

• As the economic crisis became increasingly acute in the late 1980s, largely due to the maladroit policies of the Garcia administration, revenues dropped and budgets were slashed.

  Academic text (1992)

• Robert Carter's timing and his vision were so maladroit as to be marvelous.

  Academic text (2001)

• With it, they do a gorgeously maladroit soft-shoe.

  Academic text (2008)

• The dialogue is shot through with strange lapses, and the whole scenario is embarrassingly maladroit.

  Academic text (2016)

• Neither the 3D nor 2D sections last very long, leading to Epic Mickey 2 becoming quite the disjointed affair that rushes its players from one chapter to the next in a maladroit fashion.

  Blog text (20)

• The narration begins to fibrillate, again: MULTIMEDIA NARRATOR (O.S.) Armed with his personal files, she was easily able to ingratiate herself with the socially maladroit Milo --

  Fiction book (2001)

• The rationales advanced for nuclear deterrence by governments may have a decisive role in sustaining such policies—or in undermining them, if they are maladroit and unpersuasive.

  Academic text (1990)

• His maladroit handling of the situation made everyone feel uncomfortable.

• She felt maladroit when trying to dance in front of her friends.

Synonyms

C

clumsy

vsmaladroit

73 1.2

Moving in an awkward, unsteady way that causes accidents

also involves awkward handling of situations and a lack of tact

B

bumbling

vsmaladroit

7 7.3

Acting awkward and clumsy in movement or when handling things

means awkward or inept but without the strongly confused or fumbling tone

U

uncoordinated

vsmaladroit

6 4.8

Not able to move with control so movements look clumsy

extends to awkward social handling and general ineptness beyond movement

L

lubberly

vsmaladroit

• Archaic

1 9.9

Seems clumsy and awkward in movement, often like someone new at sea

is broader and applies across situations beyond maritime examples

Antonyms

S

skillful

34 2.8

Good at doing something because of practice and careful control

T

tactful

11 4.0

Being careful and polite when speaking to avoid hurting people

A

adroit

4 7.5

Good at handling difficult situations and doing things with your hands

How Clumsy

bungling

1 6.8

inept

49 5.0

maladroit

1 9.3

clumsy

73 1.2

awkward

33 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology