maladroit
adjective
lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless.
maladroitly
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a word derived from
maladroit.
Example Sentences
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You can watch BlackBerry CEO John S. Chen fumbling with the phone, hands hovering maladroitly above its screen and signature retractable keyboard, in an exclusive on-camera interview with Business News Network.
From Time ● Sep. 28, 2015
To say the least, Hagel handled the question maladroitly.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2013
There isn’t, for example, much to be said for Abraham Walkowitz, a doggedly faithful Stieglitz gallery functionary who had a thing for Isadora Duncan and drew — maladroitly — her scantily draped figure countless times.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2011
Today, though, the Milton Keynes-based team are widely perceived as being divided and maladroitly managed.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2010
"Why did you so maladroitly restore me the handkerchief?"
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
