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maladroitadjective lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's handssome maladroit steering on her part caused the bicycle to go crashing into the bushes awkward, butterfingered, cack-handed(British), clumsy, graceless, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed, unhandy uncoordinatedbunglesome, bungling, gauche, inept, inexpert, unskilled, unskillful all thumbs deft, dexterous(also dextrous), handy, sure-handed expert, masterly, skilled, skillfulcoordinated showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)the socially maladroit young man often has a difficult time meeting new people awkward, botched, bungling, clumsy, fumbled, inept, inexpert amateur, amateurish, crude, green, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficient, inexperienced, unpolished, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillfulcareless, sloppy, tacky, tactless, undiplomaticill-advised, ineffective, ineffectual, misdirected, misguided adroit, deft, dexterous(also dextrous), facile able, accomplished, adept, capable, clever, competent, consummate, crackerjack, expert, masterful, masterly, polished, professional, proficient, skilled, skillful, talenteddiplomatic, easy, effortless, gracious, smooth, tactful awkward, clumsy, maladroit, inept, gauche mean not marked by ease (as of performance, movement, or social conduct).awkward is widely applicable and may suggest unhandiness, inconvenience, lack of muscular control, embarrassment, or lack of tact.periods of awkward silence clumsy implies stiffness and heaviness and so may connote inflexibility, unwieldiness, or lack of ordinary skill.a clumsy mechanic maladroit suggests a tendency to create awkward situations.a maladroit politician inept often implies complete failure or inadequacy.a hopelessly inept defense attorney gauche implies the effects of shyness, inexperience, or ill breeding.felt gauche and unsophisticated at formal parties in 1685 |