Definitions for maladroit

maladroit mal·a·droit

Spelling: [mal-uh-droit]
IPA: /ˌmæl əˈdrɔɪt/

Maladroit is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 477 anagrams from letters in maladroit (aadilmort).

Definitions for maladroit

adjective

  1. lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless:

Origin of maladroit

1665-75; French, Middle French; see mal-, adroit

Examples for maladroit

He had been maladroit, he thought, had lost his presence of mind.

Tipped over by no maladroit handling of corkscrew, but downright deliberate intention!

The strife which had begun between the poet and the maladroit agents of the Great Frederick was becoming serious.

He proceeded honestly to pay it, but with a maladroit manner, as one unaccustomed to the currency.

His mind was narrow, maladroit, provoking, disparaging and ingenious rather than just.

Mitt Romney has received much (deserved) criticism for his maladroit comments on the 9/11 embassy attacks.

There were moments during coffee which reminded him of the maladroit hospitalities of the Five Towns.

This most delicate lady was to teach him to be reckless, foolhardy, maladroit.

When one wants to marry, he generally does so in spite of the obstacles which maladroit legislation may have piled up.

For the first time since he had been my pupil, I found Guy nervous, maladroit.

Word Value for maladroit
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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