Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
not adroit;
- Example: "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"- Example: "a maladroit translation"- Example: "maladroit propaganda"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maladroit \Mal`a*droit"\, a. [F. See Malice, and Adroit.]
Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward;
unskillful. -- Mal"a*droit`ly, adv. -- Mal`a*droit"ness,
n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
maladroit
adj 1: not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the
car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit
propaganda" [ant: adroit]