maladroit

We knew they were not common and almost always maladroit.

Remember, many of us became writers in the first place because we're socially maladroit.

I can't wait to see what they're going to do with this maladroit proposal.

"It's no good saying that nobody saw the maladroit thing except myself.

The hon. Gentleman has been more than usually maladroit in his choice of example.

But the maladroit staff can undermine her best efforts.

The maladroit waiters here can make for a frazzling experience.

To do so, they think, would be inconsistent, hypocritical and politically maladroit.

Yet by exacting academic standards, the painting is hopelessly maladroit.

Carter is a weak executive and a maladroit politician.

A palpable chill passes through the room at this maladroit refusal.

It is fitting that a hero so maladroit should be a Malaprop as well.

They were maladroit mastiffs on a mission to maul for their master.

Utterances are not necessarily more maladroit or error-prone than written texts.

The girl is as resolute and socially maladroit as her aunt.

Truman was not always politically maladroit, of course.

The early scenes are the most maladroit.

"You are supposed to be goddess, but you look like frog," she once told a maladroit dancer.

He presents himself as a reticent, maladroit figure who can barely summon a tale to mind.

It is difficult to understand how a kitchen that can turn out such a refined dish can be so maladroit with simpler items.

In 1734, Matthew was arrested for his politically maladroit actions and sent back to Dublin.

I admit to a certain amount of polishing; an unkempt phrase here, a maladroit sentence there.

There are - as the maladroit Mr. Summers should have known - good reasons it's not fashionable.

While the concept is good, the maladroit execution leaves the fish drenched in an herb mix so that you taste nothing else.