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Meaning of "maladroit" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MALADROIT

From French, from mal badly + adroit.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MALADROIT

maladroit  [ˌmæləˈdrɔɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALADROIT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maladroit is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MALADROIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Maladroit

Maladroit is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on May 14, 2002 on Geffen Records. The album is the band's first to feature bassist Scott Shriner, following the departure of former bassist Mikey Welsh in 2001. Maladroit features heavy metal riffs, uncommon to Weezer's previous releases. As of December 2007, the album sold 605,000 copies in the United States, having reached a high of #3 on the Billboard 200 and quickly going gold.

Definition of maladroit in the English dictionary

The definition of maladroit in the dictionary is showing or characterized by clumsiness; not dexterous. Other definition of maladroit is tactless and insensitive in behaviour or speech.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALADROIT


adroit
əˈdrɔɪt
coit
kɔɪt
dacoit
dəˈkɔɪt
Detroit
dɪˈtrɔɪt
doit
dɔɪt
droit
drɔɪt
duit
dɔɪt
exploit
ˈɛksplɔɪt
introit
ˈɪntrɔɪt
Massasoit
ˈmæsəˌsɔɪt
Nelspruit
ˈnɛlsˌprɔɪt
nooit
nɔɪt
overexploit
ˌəʊvərɪksˈplɔɪt
quoit
kɔɪt
schuit
skɔɪt
schuyt
skɔɪt
stoit
stɔɪt
toit
tɔɪt
trekschuit
ˈtrekˌskɔɪt
underexploit
ˌʌndərɪkˈsplɔɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALADROIT

maladaptation
maladapted
maladaptive
maladaptively
maladdress
maladies
maladjusted
maladjustive
maladjustment
maladminister
maladministration
maladministrator
maladroitly
maladroitness
malady
Malagasies
Malagasy
Malagasy Republic
malaguetta
malaise

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALADROIT

a bit
benefit
bit
circuit
credit
cut it
Dieu et mon droit
dit
edit
exclusive OR circuit
exit
fit
for it
fruit
get it
go to it
have had it
hit
I have it
in the shit

Synonyms and antonyms of maladroit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MALADROIT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «maladroit» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of maladroit

Translation of «maladroit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALADROIT

Find out the translation of maladroit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maladroit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maladroit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

笨拙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maladroit
570 millions of speakers

English

maladroit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेडौल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخرقاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неловкий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

maladroit
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জবুথবু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladroit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maladroit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungeschickt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

maladroit
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

서투른
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maladroit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vụng về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செப்பம் அற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्बलता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sakar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maldestro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

maladroit
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незграбний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maladroit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδέξιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onhandig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maladroit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maladroit
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maladroit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALADROIT»

The term «maladroit» is regularly used and occupies the 90.353 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALADROIT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maladroit

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALADROIT»

Discover the use of maladroit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maladroit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Weezer - Maladroit
Guitar Recorded Version PersonHere's the matching folio to Weezer's Maladroit , the critically adored 2002 release which arrived right on the heels of the band's wildly successful "Green" album.
Newquist, 2002
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The Dothorian Door
The light in the projector flickered as those words disappeared and new ones took their place. File Countermanded, it read. “Countermanded?” The word passed over Maladroit's lips. The order had been reversed. The last will and testament of ...
John Blenkush, 2004
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Knowledge and Social Practice in Medieval Damascus, 1190-1350
What this study hopes to accomplish is to demonstrate that while fitna was indeed feared as dangerously divisive and destructive, in concert with maladroit patrimonialism it remained nonetheless the inescapable environment and indeed the ...
Michael Chamberlain, 2002
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Weezer - Maladroit
This songbook in our Transcribed Scores series features note-for-note transcriptions of every instrument part (and all vocals) on Weezer's rockin', riff-heavy 2002 release.
Weezer, 2002
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CMJ New Music Report
Maladroit stays true to the path first tread on 1994's self-titled "Blue" album and last year's self-titled "Green" album; it's all triumphant, three-chord nerd rock anthems here. Weezer is easily the hardest working band in show business right now, ...
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Les Œuvres Choisies de George Sand. The Selected Works of ...
C'est quelqu'un qui est encore plus maladroit que lui! —Maladroit? Tu trouves Carnat maladroit sur la musette? Maladroit de ses mains, non pas! mais maladroit de son idée, Tiennet! Oh, le pauvre homme! Il n'est pas digne d'avoir le moyen ...
George Sand
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Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
exclaimed Jane, embarrassed at having said anythingso maladroit. • Maladroit ( adj): not adroit: inept. • : clumsy; bungling. • Synonyms:awkward, clumsy,inept, inexpert. MALADY • A mysterious malady swept the country, filling doctors'
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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Dictionnaire Anglais-français
maladroit [.maeb'droitl adj : maladroit malady ['maelsdi] n, pi -dies : maladie / mal m Malagasy1 [.maeb'gaesi; ^nab'gosi, -Ji] adj : malgache Malagasyrn 1 : Malgache mf2 : malgache m (langue) malaise [ma'leiz] n : malaise m malamute ...
‎2000
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SPIN
Weezer's self-produced latest— the skillfully constructed Maladroit—may be their biggest hit, even though it moves further away from the band's classic, quirky pop in favor of punching riff rock (like last album's MTV fave "Hash Pipe").
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CMJ New Music Report
1 Maladroit (Geffen) Weezer's fourth full-length found Rivers Cuomo and his band- mates significantly more experienced and adventurous than when they started out — much like students entering their senior year of high school. Having made ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALADROIT»

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TRUMP'S BIG MOUTH: ROOM FOR BOTH FEET AND ALL THE …
A man who spouts off without thinking, who is so maladroit at language, who sticks with a bad position no matter what because he's known for ... «FOX News Radio, Jul 15»
2
Chinese intrigued by Taipei 228 Memorial Museum - Taipei Times
That set off the people of Taiwan, resentful of the KMT's corrupt and maladroit ways, Hong said, while a soundtrack of street protests played in ... «Taipei Times, Jul 15»
3
The Invisible Dot Cabaret
Their task was to introduce four well-educated, socially maladroit, thirtysomething white male comics … a bill that made up in wit what they ... «Chortle, Jul 15»
4
Greek parliament votes by strong majority to accept EU deal and to …
The nature of the trouble on the streets will owe some inflammation to the extraordinarily maladroit or mischievous intervention late last night by ... «For Argyll, Jul 15»
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Striking a balance: The right to withdraw one's labour is fundamental …
And as maladroit in their tactics. With impeccably bad timing, the RMT-led strike on the Tube last week probably turned much of the London ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Sanford & Sins
The kindest word to use for his writing is "maladroit." And when he got into an "unreasonable mood," which was often, he objected "to anything ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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LETTER: Capilano University chronic underfunding 'scandalous'
... more) for some time on the antics, misadventures and misdeeds of the current president of Capilano University and of its maladroit board and ... «North Shore News, Jul 15»
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Taiwan Turns Light on 1947 Slaughter by Chiang Kai-shek's Troops
That set off the people of Taiwan, resentful of the Kuomintang's corrupt and maladroit ways, Ms. Hong explained, while a soundtrack of street ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
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The journey that never ends
Golf is the only sport that embraces its maladroit participants, clutching them to its bosom and saying, “There there, everything's just fine.” It's all ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
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Jeb Bush Backtracks from 'People Need to Work Longer Hours' Quote
Either that, or he's more rhetorically maladroit than his big brother was, and that boggles the mind. (Here's Ramesh Ponnuru buying the new ... «Esquire.com, Jul 15»

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