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[mal-uh-droit] 
əˈdrɔɪt
–adjective
| lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way. |
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| mal·a·droit (māl'ə-droit') adj. Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept. n. An inept person. [French : mal-, mal- + adroit, adroit; see adroit.] mal'a·droit'ly adv., mal'a·droit'ness n. |
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Maladroit
Mal`a*droit"\, a. [F. See Malice, and Adroit.] Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful. -- Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. -- Mal`a*droit"ness, n.
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Language Translation for : maladroit
Spanish:
patoso, desgarbado, torpe,
German:
ungeschickt,
Japanese:
ぎこちない
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