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Synonyms for maladroitness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : mal-uh-droit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌmæl əˈdrɔɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for maladroitness
Définition of maladroitness
Origin :- 1670s, from mal- + adroit. Related: Maladroitly; maladroitness.
- As in awkwardness : noun clumsiness; inelegance
- Its proprietor said what he could in extenuation of its maladroitness.
- Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan
- If he had planned a campaign of maladroitness he could not have more happily fulfilled his object.
- Extract from : « The World For Sale, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- His good-natured smile at my maladroitness I treasured up as a deadly wrong.
- Extract from : « The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales » by Francis A. Durivage
- Bartrow saw the plea and the pathos of it, and added one more to the innumerable contemnings of his own maladroitness.
- Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde
- This being the case, Lucilla's good humour was perfectly restored, and she had forgiven Tom his maladroitness.
- Extract from : « Miss Marjoribanks » by Mrs (Margaret) Oliphant
- These struggles of Jean Christophe continue throughout the years, for his maladroitness is no less conspicuous than his strength.
- Extract from : « Romain Rolland » by Stefan Zweig
- Ricasoli had been driven from office by his own maladroitness and Garibaldi's wild, aimless opposition.
- Extract from : « The Life of Mazzini » by Bolton King
- There was one old hunter in the stables who loyally carried the young man without taking advantage of his maladroitness.
- Extract from : « Bluebell » by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
- But it was too late now to engage in the struggle, and the minority was to expiate its doctrinairism and maladroitness.
- Extract from : « History of the Commune of 1871 » by P. Lissagary
- Besides, she was rather ashamed of her maladroitness in mistaking Lord Chilminster for a common motor-man.
- Extract from : « Golden Stories » by Various
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