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adjective
lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
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Maladroit
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is ostentation. Does it mean:
| usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word |
| excessive or pretentious display |
Example Sentences
- That's hard to believe, even from an administration that is maladroit politically, to put it kindly.
- When he was in office he proved a politically maladroit figure in terms of getting his negatives up.
- Corsican politicians rose up with one voice, howling in protest at the maladroit joke.
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