maladroit

• Naudé does not neglect to censure Cardan for his maladroit attempts to read the future. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jerome Cardan, by W.G. Waters.
• Historian and political statesmen Alexis de Tocqueville's words have finally come true: "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money." inept; maladroit; clumsy; bungling; —  Heavy-Handed Politics
• Leslie Nielsen is obviously just the right guy for this kind of role, and his performance as the maladroit lieutenant who literally destroys everything he touches is deliciously funny throughout. —  DVD Verdict
• So instead, Great Lakes Theater Festival has settled for the ill-advised, effect-for-effect's-sake machinations of that maladroit Gepetto, GLTF producing artistic director Charles Fee. —  Cleveland Scene
• Osborne was right to broach this sensitive issue, but he did so in a maladroit way. —  Home | Mail Online

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