Maladroitness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maladroitness
       n : unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: {awkwardness},
            {clumsiness}, {ineptness}, {ineptitude}, {slowness}]