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    [Adjective]  | "mal*adroit" | \ ˌma-lə-ˈdrȯit \


    1: lacking adroitness : inept


    Origin: 1685 ;

     French, from Middle French, from mal- + adroit;

    [Adjective]  | "maladroit" 


    1: lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands;


      * e.g., " ... some maladroit steering on her part caused the bicycle to go crashing into the bushes "





    2: showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation);


      * e.g., " ... the socially maladroit young man often has a difficult time meeting new people "





     [ "Maladroit" ]

    1: Pronunciation: "ma-l&-'droit

      * e.g.,  ... Jay and Bobby know how to handle many situations, but their friend, Sean, seems to be a maladroit. 


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    2: Function: adjective


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    3: (lacking adroitness)


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    4: A lack in skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations.

     [ "Maladroit" ]

    1:  One who is prone to an epic failure(see epic fail).

      * e.g.,  ... "Did you see his speech? What a maladroit!" 


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    2:  Designating an individual or group of individuals who feebly attempt to use christian and/or religious rationale in supporting and/or promoting a personally-held socialistic worldview.

      * e.g.,  ... "Upon expressing his clearly uneducated/ignorant views, it was agreed by many that he was a maladroit." 


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    3:  One who retains a distinct inability to learn from one's mistake or failures.

      * e.g.,  ... "If knowledge is power, then weakness must be synonymous with 'maladroit.'" 


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    4:  A character or individual which is characterized by an inability to think for one's self or make decisions apart from general consensus.


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    5:  One who is detestably ignorant. A fool. A Blockhead. A Dufus. "Full of hot air."


     [ "Maladroit" ]

    6:  An individual who begins his arguments against racial segregation by slandering another race or stereotyping another race and/or perhaps his or her own race. In essence, one whose parade against racial hatred is founded upon promotion of their own race and the demoralizing of another.

     [ "Maladroit" ]

    1: The name of weezer's 2000 CD, featuring hits such as "Dope Nose" and "Keep Fishin'", which featured the muppets in it's music video. Was the first video to have band member Scott Shriner. Has sold 583,000 copies, and went to #3 on the Billboard 200, and went gold very quickly. The song, "Dope Nose" was written on the same night as Hash Pipe, yet was left untouched until Maladroit. Usually recieved 4 to 5 stars.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy A"In my opinion, Maladroit is my favorite album" 

     [ "maladroited" ]

    1: Something or someone that has become maladroit, or is becoming maladroit.

      * e.g.,  ... "After watching star trek for 48 hours straight, and running around in circles for an hour, she was maladroited." 


     [ "maladroited" ]

    2: Also can be something or someone that has become the victim of a maladroit move/ decision/ etc.

      * e.g.,  ... "I was maladroited by the idiot in the car next to me." 

     [ "maladroited" ]

    1: a site that is owned my a person whose name rhymes with quessica...

      * e.g.,  ... "Lyke OMG!!!! Rivers was sooooo totally humping the maladrioted" 

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