[ UK /mˈælɐdɹˌɔ‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ˌmæɫəˈdɹɔɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not adroit
    maladroit propaganda
    a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve
    a maladroit translation
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How To Use maladroit In A Sentence

  • So, these vines are actually moving these people, explaining their maladroit walking patterns.
  • Management breastpin argali gleet in conceitedly curacoa an snappish maladroitly suckerfish undulate aloft planetal indubitably a slantingly thyroglobulin is exigency the oreide. Rational Review
  • A single maladroit quip or an unscripted dramatic moment on the campaign trail could spell the difference between victory and defeat.
  • The line I've repeated to myself over the decades was spoken by Garth's grumbling gardener and eventual murderer, who is introduced as he attempts maladroitly to trim the kudzu from Garth's New Orleans plantation. Zomdingo
  • It's a rare horror movie and however the filmmakers may have endeavored to make more than just a horror movie doesn't knock this out of that category that really cares about people, however maladroitly that concern occasionally comes across. It's different for everybody
  • But what is impressive is the way that their dialogue, often callow and maladroit, is callow and maladroit in precisely the right way.
  • The journey's scarcely begun when he discovers a stowaway: Russell, a chubby, maladroit Wilderness Explorer Scout who's out to earn his Elderly Assistance Badge.
  • And so much unlike his younger brother, Eric was maladroit at handling simple home economics tasks.
  • Small-scale land restitution to those who could prove they owned it before 1947 has been maladroitly handled.
  • He says this and previous Governments have been "maladroit" (I think that means they have been shite as Governments) in the handling of immigration > The British National Party
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