Associations to the word «Maladroit»

Wiktionary

MALADROIT, adjective. Inept; clumsy; awkward; not adroit
MALADROIT, noun. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

Dictionary definition

MALADROIT, adjective. Not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope