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Meanings of
maladroit
in English
Portuguese
desajeitado
Catalan
maldestre
Spanish
tosco
Back to the meaning
Not adroit.
adroit
Related terms
awkward
inept
bungling
tactless
bumbling
left-handed
uncoordinated
handless
unmechanical
butterfingered
Portuguese
desajeitado
Usage of
maladroit
in English
1
He had been
maladroit
,
he thought, had lost his presence of mind.
2
Rubio, acceptable on other grounds, is seen as a hopelessly
maladroit
.
3
The drumbeats ended and Amy shuffled off the stage in a
maladroit
fashion.
4
He asked a thousand pardons of Madame la Duchesse for being so
maladroit
.
5
Out of which
maladroit
delay sprang anxieties, disappointments, shocks, catastrophes, and passing-strange destinies.
6
I think she was kidding and maybe replying in kind to my
maladroit
evasiveness.
7
He was trying, in his
maladroit
fashion, to be comforting.
8
She was socially
maladroit
,
didn't know how to smile.
9
Carter is a weak executive and a
maladroit
politician.
10
There were moments during coffee which reminded him of the
maladroit
hospitalities of the Five Towns.
11
But many of her shots were so
maladroit
that Obama found them easy to slough off.
12
And to crown the evil, imprudent and
maladroit
priests are indulging their vices and creating scandal.
13
The fear of being
maladroit
departed from me.
14
He feared that he had been almost
maladroit
.
15
That evening Camille drew Rose aside, and asked for an explanation of her
"
maladroit
.
"
16
A learned French historian* stigmatises Decaen's conduct as
"
maladroit
and brutal, but not dishonest."
Other examples for "maladroit"
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maladroit
Adjective
Frequent collocations
so maladroit
socially maladroit
maladroit fashion
most maladroit
always maladroit
More collocations
Translations for
maladroit
Portuguese
desajeitado
Catalan
maldestre
Spanish
tosco
desgarbado
torpe
Maladroit
through the time