maladroit

Example Sentences

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You may need a microscope to see it in this maladroit production, but you hear it wonderfully.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

The original's famously maladroit "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," with its adversaries whose faces were painted white and black on opposite sides, is kindly remembered as well-intentioned and poorly executed.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

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

Its debut episode introduced Steven Grant, a maladroit museum gift-shop clerk with a dodgy British accent, played by Oscar Isaac.

From New York Times • May 2, 2022

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

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker