maladroit

(măl'ə-droit')
adj.
Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.

n.
An inept person.

[French : mal-, mal- + adroit, adroit; see adroit.]

maladroitly mal'a·droit'ly adv.
maladroitness mal'a·droit'ness n.

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adjective

1. Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement: awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, inept, lumpish, ungainly, ungraceful. Slang klutzy. Idioms: all thumbs. See ability/inability.
2. Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform: awkward, bumbling, clumsy, gauche, heavy-handed, inept, unskillful. See ability/inability.
3. Lacking sensitivity and skill in dealing with others: brash, clumsy, gauche, impolitic, indelicate, tactless, undiplomatic, unpolitic, untactful. See ability/inability, courtesy/discourtesy.

adj

Definition: awkward, clumsy
Antonyms: able, adroit, capable, skillful

adj

Definition: tactless
Antonyms: adroit, diplomatic, nice, sensitive, skillful, tactful

IN BRIEF: Awkward and clumsy.

The child was unusually maladroit on the playing field today.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - klodset, ubehændig, ubehjælpsom
n. - klodset person

Nederlands (Dutch)
onhandig

Français (French)
adj. - maladroit (sout)
n. - maladroit

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ungeschickt, taktlos
n. - Unfähiger, Ungeschickter, Taugenichts

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδέξιος, ατζαμής

Italiano (Italian)
maldestro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desastrado

Русский (Russian)
неловкий, бестактный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - torpe, falto de pericia, inexperto
n. - torpe, persona torpe e inexperta

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oskicklig, tafatt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
笨拙的, 愚钝的, 拙劣的, 笨拙的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 笨拙的, 愚鈍的, 拙劣的
n. - 笨拙的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 솜씨 없는 , 서투른, 재치 없는
n. - 솜씨 없음, 서투름

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 不器用な, 気のきかない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أخرق تعوزه البراعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מגושם, לא זריז, לא מיומן, חסר-טקט‬
n. - ‮אדם לא מוכשר‬

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