Definition of maladroit Maladroit
/mæˌlʌdɹɔjˈt/ - [matludroyt] - mal•a•droit
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What does maladroit mean?
WordNet
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| maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" | ||
| adroit quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator" | ||
| awkward socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers" | ||
| bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, bungling, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse | ||
| tactless, inept lacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others; "in the circumstances it was tactless to ask her age" | ||
| uncoordinated lacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements; "his movements are uncoordinated"; "an uncoordinated toddler" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- maladroit (a.)
Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
