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maladroit

/ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪt/ US

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Borrowed from French maladroit, from mal- (“bad, badly”) + adroit (“skilful”), equivalent to mal- + adroit.

adjective more maladroit · most maladroit

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 t

noun maladroits

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

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adj not adroit; clumsy

Español	desacertado, torpe
Français	maladroit
Deutsch	ungeschickt, unbeholfen

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@misc{maladroit_2026,
  title = {maladroit},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/maladroit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}