maladroit
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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
You may need a microscope to see it in this maladroit production, but you hear it wonderfully.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 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
Its debut episode introduced Steven Grant, a maladroit museum gift-shop clerk with a dodgy British accent, played by Oscar Isaac.
From New York Times • May 2, 2022
The first problem is Keegan’s maladroit use of negation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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