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maladroit

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪt/

adj

Etymology: From French maladroit, from mal- (“bad, badly”) + adroit (“skilful”).

  1. Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.

    Like the maladroit boy himself, the director does not believe in warming his audience up with narrative foreplay, and it's the same story when we cut to the family home of Julio's girlfriend, whose parents allow him into her bedroom to help her look for her passport, and she gleefully wrenches her tracksuit bottoms down.

    Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the rest of the day to recuperate?

noun

Etymology: From French maladroit, from mal- (“bad, badly”) + adroit (“skilful”).

  1. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.