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Meanings of maladroitness in English

Spanish
torpeza

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

torpeza
Usage of maladroitness in English
1
On one occasion an instance of maladroitness was cited in reply.
The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
2
Generations of young officers had survived maladroitness and embarrassment, and no doubt Carson would as well.
In Enemy Hands
3
She marvelled at her maladroitness, which was the more singular because she had really written under strong emotion.
Hetty Wesley
4
Pardon my maladroitness, I pray you?
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
5
With unerring maladroitness Pelgram had chosen the time of all others when his star was burning with its feeblest flame.
White Ashes
6
The maladroitness described by my father, of which I was fully conscious, added to the feeling of my unfitness for the world around me.
The Reminiscences of an Astronomer
7
"I- Ioughtto have reflected," murmured the school-master ,coveredwith confusion at his maladroitness.
The Stillwater Tragedy
8
"I say," I replied, "that I am thankful for your kindness to one who has used you ill. My maladroitness was horrible."
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
Translations for maladroitness
Spanish
torpeza
Maladroitness through the time