maladroit en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪt/ (US)
Etymology
Borrowed from French maladroit, from mal- (“bad, badly”) + adroit (“skilful”), equivalent to mal- + adroit.
Meanings
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Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
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?
2003 March, Jonathan Rauch, “Caring for Your Introvert”, in The Atlantic Monthly, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2010: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.
2002 April 12, Peter Bradshaw, “Three go mad in Mexico”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2016:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most maladroit | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more maladroit | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (37)
tl padaskul-daskol (not adroit; clumsy) · no ubehjelpelig (not adroit; clumsy) · cs nešikovný (not adroit; clumsy) · pl niezgrabny (not adroit; clumsy) · sh nezgrapan (not adroit; clumsy) · de unbeholfen (not adroit; clumsy) · gl támaro (not adroit; clumsy) · gl baldrocas (not adroit; clumsy) · sv tafatt (not adroit; clumsy) · gl crenca (not adroit; clumsy) · no klossete (not adroit; clumsy) · gl chouso (not adroit; clumsy) · sh nespretan (not adroit; clumsy) · es desacertado (not adroit; clumsy) · sv klumpig (not adroit; clumsy) · gl torgalleiro (not adroit; clumsy) · gl tamolas (not adroit; clumsy) · nl onbeholpen (not adroit; clumsy) · pl niezręczny (not adroit; clumsy) · bg несръчен (not adroit; clumsy) · gl tarulo (not adroit; clumsy) · gl fozón (not adroit; clumsy) · gl mangariñas (not adroit; clumsy) · pl mańkut (not adroit; clumsy) · ca maldestre (not adroit; clumsy) · de ungeschickt (not adroit; clumsy) · es torpe (not adroit; clumsy) · pl niezdarny (not adroit; clumsy) · sh šeprtljav (not adroit; clumsy) · fr maladroit (not adroit; clumsy) · gl zoupón (not adroit; clumsy) · sv fumlig (not adroit; clumsy) · eo mallerta (not adroit; clumsy) · gl toutón (not adroit; clumsy) · pl lewus (not adroit; clumsy) · nl onhandig (not adroit; clumsy) · gl moucán (not adroit; clumsy)