maladroit

Example Sentences

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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

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

The unfunny and maladroit scenes that follow make one wonder if “the anxiety of influence” also can apply to artists who are, through no fault of their own, doing the influencing.

From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2021

A somewhat milder version of the many socially maladroit, chronically melancholic schlubs who have traipsed through Kaufman’s fiction, Jake is a fount of impressive, useless erudition.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2020

The first problem is Keegan’s maladroit use of negation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker