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maladroitly

/mal-uh-droit/US // ˌmæl əˈdrɔɪt //UK // (ˌmæləˈdrɔɪt) //

恶意的,恶意地,恶意,恶作剧

Related Words

bungling胡闹,糊涂,糊涂虫,愚蠢的gauche粗俗,不合时宜,粗俗的,别扭halting停顿,停顿的,停滞不前,停止heavy-handed笨重的,沉重的,粗暴的,笨重inept无能,无能的人,不合适,无能为力inexpert不懂的,不懂行,不识时务,不懂lumbering伐木,伐木的,伐木业,采伐ungraceful不雅观的,不雅观,不优雅的,毫无风度unskillful不熟练,不熟练的,不谙世事,不善bumbling步履蹒跚,笨手笨脚,笨手笨脚的,蹒跚学步klutzy笨手笨脚,笨拙,笨手笨脚的,笨拙的all thumbs大拇指,大拇指指腹,大拇指指尖,拇指blundering误入歧途,失误,错失良机,误入歧途的clunky笨重的,笨拙的,笨重,笨拙floundering漫无边际,漫无边际的,漫无目的,方兴未艾stumbling跌跌撞撞,跌跌撞撞的,步履蹒跚,跌跌不休的unhandy不方便,不容易,不易操作,不方便的brash粗暴的,粗鲁的,粗暴,粗鲁impolitic无聊的,无聊,不礼貌的,不礼貌inconsiderate不周全,不周全的,不周,不周到

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbadly
Synonyms
awkwardly笨拙地,尴尬地,尴尬的是,拙劣地clumsily笨拙地,拙劣地,笨重地,笨手笨脚地poorly差劲地,糟糕的是,差劲的,差劲abominably可怕的是,可憎的是,可悲的是,可憎地blunderingly误入歧途,失误地,错误地,错了carelessly不经意地,不经意间,不小心,不经意的crudely粗鲁地,粗略地,粗暴地,粗略地说是defectively有缺陷的,有缺陷地,瑕疵,缺陷erroneously错误地,错误的,错了,错误地认为faultily错误地,错,错了,错失feebly孱弱地,虚弱地,微弱地,孱弱的haphazardly胡乱地,胡乱,草草地,胡乱的imperfectly不完美地,不完全,不完美,不完善incompetently不称职地,无能地,不胜其烦,不胜其烦地ineffectively无效地,无效,无效的,毫无效果ineptly无能地,不合时宜地,无效地,无能negligently疏忽大意,疏忽地,疏忽了,疏忽shoddily简陋的,粗制滥造,卑鄙地,简陋stupidly愚蠢地,傻乎乎地,愚蠢地认为,傻傻地unfavorably不利于,不利的是,不利的,不利地unfortunately遗憾的是,不幸的是,很遗憾unsatisfactorily不满意地,不满意,不满意的,不满意的是unskillfully不熟练地,不熟练的,不熟练,不谙世事unsuccessfully未获成功,不成功的,未成功的,未成功weakly弱弱地,微弱地,微弱的,微弱wrong错误的,错,错的,错了wrongly错误地,错了,错误的,错

Examples

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

  • Yes, both are rich, socially maladroit, and from Massachusetts.

  • At Trinity College at the University of Toronto, he was even more socially maladroit.

  • Truly people here are extraordinarily maladroit in spite of the French wit!

  • Pacing slowly in her dark garden, Enid Crofton's pulse quickened at the recollection of those maladroit, hungry kisses.

  • Might makes right, often enough in a maladroit fashion, but sometimes it comes as a real blessing.

  • They swarmed loud, uncouth about the temple, their heads thickplotting under maladroit silk hats.

  • That evening Camille drew Rose aside, and asked for an explanation of her "maladroit."

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