maladroitly

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From Time • Sep. 28, 2015

To say the least, Hagel handled the question maladroitly.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2013

Mr. Adjmi’s play veers maladroitly between lampooning the dopey style of the original and thrashing through dank psychological waters.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2012

Today, though, the Milton Keynes-based team are widely perceived as being divided and maladroitly managed.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2010

It is possible that he himself and others more or less well-meaningly, though more or less maladroitly, following his lead, may have exaggerated the coherence and the architectural design of the Comedie.

From The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix by Balzac, Honoré de