maladroit
/ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Like the maladroit boy himself, the director does not believe in warming his audience up with narrative foreplay, and it's the same story when we cut to the family home of Julio's girlfriend, whose parents allow him into her bedroom to help her look for her passport, and she gleefully wrenches her tracksuit bottoms down."
- "Do you know someone who needs hours alone every day? Who loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk? Who has to be dragged to parties and then needs the rest of the day to recuperate?"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₃reǵ-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmæl.əˈdɹɔɪt/