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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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