maladroit
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əˈdrɔɪt adjective
lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
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maladroit (ˌmæləˈdrɔɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | showing or characterized by clumsiness; not dexterous |
| 2. | tactless and insensitive in behaviour or speech |
| [C17: from French, from mal badly + | |
| mala'droitly | |
| —adv | |
| mala'droitness | |
| —n | |
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Maladroit
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is obtain. Does it mean:
| to be prevalent, customary, or in vogue; prevail: |
| having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others |
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Example sentences
Your correspondents may find solace in such similarly maladroit utterances.
When he was in office he proved a politically maladroit figure in terms of getting his negatives up.
Most damaging of all were his maladroit dealings with the army.
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