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maladroitness

Meaning of "maladroitness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MALADROITNESS

ˌmæləˈdrɔɪtnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALADROITNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maladroitness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MALADROITNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of maladroitness in the English dictionary

The definition of maladroitness in the dictionary is the state or quality of being tactless and insensitive in behaviour or speech.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MALADROITNESS

adroitness · appropriateness · aquafitness · brightness · eyewitness · fitness · forthrightness · greatness · impoliteness · lateness · lightness · politeness · rightness · slightness · straightness · tightness · unfitness · uprightness · whiteness · witness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALADROITNESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE MALADROITNESS

adeptness · alertness · aptness · bluntness · business · compactness · correctness · expert witness · flatness · hotness · physical fitness · pleasantness · political correctness · promptness · robustness · shortness · softness · sweetness · tartness · vastness · wetness

Synonyms and antonyms of maladroitness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maladroitness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALADROITNESS

Find out the translation of maladroitness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of maladroitness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maladroitness» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

maladroitness
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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torpeza
570 millions of speakers
en

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maladroitness
510 millions of speakers
hi

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maladroitness
380 millions of speakers
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maladroitness
280 millions of speakers
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maladroitness
278 millions of speakers
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maladroitness
270 millions of speakers
bn

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কৌশলহীনতা
260 millions of speakers
fr

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maladresse
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Maladroitness
190 millions of speakers
de

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Ungeschicklichkeit
180 millions of speakers
ja

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maladroitness
130 millions of speakers
ko

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maladroitness
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Maladroitness
85 millions of speakers
vi

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maladroitness
80 millions of speakers
ta

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maladroitness
75 millions of speakers
mr

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दुर्बलता
75 millions of speakers
tr

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sakarlık
70 millions of speakers
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maladroitness
65 millions of speakers
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maladroitness
50 millions of speakers
uk

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maladroitness
40 millions of speakers
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maladroitness
30 millions of speakers
el

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maladroitness
15 millions of speakers
af

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maladroitness
14 millions of speakers
sv

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maladroitness
10 millions of speakers
no

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maladroitness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maladroitness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALADROITNESS»

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALADROITNESS»

Discover the use of maladroitness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maladroitness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Under a Watchful Eye: Self, Power, and Intimacy in Amazonia
By appropriating their hunting skill, the chant aims to improve the lot of someone whose nijiaone (maladroitness, languor) causes their blowpipe darts to “just fail to reach” (arateen) their target. The implication is not that darts are “missing” their  ...
Harry Walker, 2013
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Diagnostic Clinical Neuropsychology
In developmental maladroitness the motor deficits tend to be more generalized, with particular slowing of all motor manipulative skills. Constructional dyspraxia is manifested in terms of pronounced graphomotor or constructional deficit in the ...
Erin D. Bigler, Pamelia Fowler Clement, 1997
3
How to Help a Clumsy Child: Strategies for Young Children ...
Others in popular use have included clumsy child syndrome, perceptual-motor impairment, developmental apraxia, congenital maladroitness, sensory integrative dysfunction, byperkinetic syndrome of childhood, non-verbal learning disability, ...
Lisa A. Kurtz, 2003
4
PC Mag
The problems in start-up mostly involve Fox's slow-running and excessively complicated network software; its strongest tendency is to crash unmercifully at the slightest sign of user maladroitness. Starting up the 10-NET system requires three ...
5
The Greek Christian Poets and the English Poets
we might be dwelling in a phoenix-nest at this day. Through the maladroitness, however, in question, there is lost to us every sweeter influence from the life and death of Simeon Metaphrastes than may result from the lives and deaths of his ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1863
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The Greek Christian Poets and English Poets by Elizabeth ...
we might be dwelling in a phoenix-nest at this day. Through the maladroitness, however, in question, there is lost to us every sweeter influence from the life and death of Simeon Metaphrastes than may result from the lives and deaths of his ...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1863
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Britain As A Military Power, 1688-1815
maladroitness of theAmerican offensiveinboth yearsthat Canada waspreserved. Conversely, offensive operations against the Chesapeake in 1814 and againstNew Orleans in 1815 could only be mounted once Napoleon had abdicated; ...
Professor Jeremy Black, Jeremy Black, 2002
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Orientalism’s Interlocutors: Painting, Architecture, Photography
Regnault and I and somany others!had never held a rifle; the use of a breech- loading rifle escaped us. Plus, both of us were left-handed. Our maladroitness was ridiculous, comic and depressing.69 To repeat, no maladroitness figures in Bida's ...
Jill Beaulieu, Mary Roberts, 2002
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Friendship East and West: Philosophical Perspectives
In regard to strangers, and compared with the current convention in England, ridicule in Japan is more easily provoked by trivial incompetence or maladroitness. One doesn't often need to witness the laughter that one can have directed at one, ...
Oliver Leaman, 2014
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英语词源浅析:
malignant, malignancy, malignity, malediction, maledictory, malevolent, malevolence, maleficent, maleficence, malefactor, malefaction, maladroit, maladroitness, malaise ) 1. (1) 1) titillation 2) adulation 3) adulatory 4) proscription 5) ...
翁燕珩, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALADROITNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maladroitness is used in the context of the following news items.
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'MDC-T to Blame for Urban Mess'
Affirmative Action Group president Mr Chamu Chiwanza said the chaos in Harare did not point to a failing economy, but the "maladroitness" of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Return of the Pink Panther
It's impossible to exaggerate Clouseau's maladroitness which you will see for yourself when he somehow manages to wreck an office when he ... «Krank.ie, Jul 15»
3
Competition killed off
Maybe it won't be too long before his companion thesaurus might contain a new synonym for "maladroitness". "Burchism" perhaps? Eric Hunter ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
4
Come again? Some of the worst lines in 'Grey'
"Her hair is beautiful. Lush. Long. Thick. Idly, I wonder what it would be like to braid." "For all her maladroitness, she has a beautiful neckline.". «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
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The best worst Amazon reviews for 'Grey'
“It's as if the author read the reviews saying she couldn't write and thought by adding 'big' words like 'ennui' and 'maladroitness' she'd prove ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
6
Grey: the worst lines from the new Fifty Shades book
"Her hair is beautiful. Lush. Long. Thick. Idly, I wonder what it would be like to braid." • "For all her maladroitness, she has a beautiful neckline.". «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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Education minister Joy Burch courts yet more controversy
Ms Burch's inability to obtain any discernable support or backing for her new advisory body bespeaks a particular maladroitness. Harsh as that ... «The Age, Jun 15»
8
On the Fracking Front
Still its passage might never have occurred had it not been for the maladroitness of Democratic committee member Max Tyler. Sporting his ... «CounterPunch, Jun 15»
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Off-season roundtable: Keeping the Pelicans together
... Asik allows defenses to have one watch dog in the paint or a help man for Davis or Evans, at all times, because of his maladroitness (derived ... «The Bird Writes, May 15»
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Milne leaves Greens at record strength
Indeed, the sheer maladroitness of the Abbott government's performance has made it considerably easier for the non-government parties, ... «Crikey, May 15»
REFERENCE
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