maladroitness

Examples

• All

• Despite her intelligence, her maladroitness in social situations sometimes led to awkward conversations.

• She was struggling to adapt, and her maladroitness touched me.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The child's maladroitness in sports often made his friends laugh, but they encouraged him anyway.

Synonyms

I

ineptitude

vsmaladroitness

18 7.4

A lack of skill that makes someone do tasks badly

stresses lack of dexterity and ungainly physical action rather than training causes

I

ineptness

vsmaladroitness

3 6.4

Lack of skill that makes someone do things badly

emphasizes uncoordinated physical action and poor manual control

C

clumsiness

vsmaladroitness

1 2.6

Lack of skill or care when handling things so mistakes happen

covers lack of ability in behavior beyond just movement

A

awkwardness

vsmaladroitness

1 3.6

Lack of skill or grace when moving, often causing trips

describes broad lack of skill and limited manual dexterity

U

unskillfulness

vsmaladroitness

6.6

A state of not being good at doing something

is about lack of dexterity and poor physical coordination

Antonyms

D

dexterity

16 5.3

Skill and ease when using the hands or body

S

skillfulness

4.1

A quality of being very good at doing something

How Clumsy

incompetence

92 4.4

ineptitude

18 7.4

maladroitness

9.8

clumsiness

1 2.6

awkwardness

25 4.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology