What does maladroit mean?
Maladroit means Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept..
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/ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪt/ · adjective
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?
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Maladroit means Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept..
Common synonyms include inept, tactless, bungling, bumbling.
Possible antonyms include adroit, legerdemain, deception, illusion.
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.
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