maladroit
Example Sentences
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But even this imaginative choice isn’t enough to enhance Sodroski’s maladroit script, though Kidman does try.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025
It’s “Groundhog Day” in Denver with the Broncos’ maladroit offense unable to score and its stellar defense incapable of closing out opponents.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
The unfunny and maladroit scenes that follow make one wonder if “the anxiety of influence” also can apply to artists who are, through no fault of their own, doing the influencing.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021
AT&T found itself a stranger in a strange land, maladroit at managing creative artists and unable to attract streaming subscribers on the scale of Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2021
The first problem is Keegan’s maladroit use of negation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
