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maladroitness

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

弊端,弊病,错位,恶作剧

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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 inawkwardness

Examples

  • The words, taken in a new acceptation, reveal the charming maladroitness of a northern barbarian kneeling before a Roman beauty.

  • Ricasoli had been driven from office by his own maladroitness and Garibaldi's wild, aimless opposition.

  • He was playing with the colonel's offering as a child plays with fire, with the same intent face and meddlesome maladroitness.

  • There was one old hunter in the stables who loyally carried the young man without taking advantage of his maladroitness.

  • But it was too late now to engage in the struggle, and the minority was to expiate its doctrinairism and maladroitness.