| ADJECTIVE | all | maladroit | not adroit |
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| Sounds | mae.lahdroy't | |
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| Rhymes | adroit ... exploit: 4 rhymes with oyt... | |
| Meaning | not adroit. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed | Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands |
| inept, tactless | Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse | |
| uncoordinated | Lacking the skillful and effective interaction of muscle movements | |
| unmechanical, nonmechanical | (of a person) lacking mechanical skills | |
| See also | awkward | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance |
| Opposite | adroit | Quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
| Spanish | desgarbado, torpe, tosco | |
| Catalan | maldestre | |
| Nouns | maladroitness | unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
| Adverbs | maladroitly | in a maladroit manner |
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