maladroit
/mal-uh-DROYT/adjectiveclumsy or inept, especially in handling situations
“His maladroit apology only made the client angrier.”
- Synonyms
- clumsy, inept, bungling
- Antonyms
- adroit, deft
- Root
- mal- (bad)
- Memory hook
- mal (bad) + adroit (skillful): badly skilled.
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