Maladroitness

//maləˈdɹɔɪtnəs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being maladroit. countable, uncountable

    "The king sacked d'Argenson for maladroitness, but seemed to share some of his views [...]."

  2. 2
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training wordnet

Synonyms

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awkwardnessawkwardnessbasenessclumsinessdeficiencyfailure

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"The king sacked d'Argenson for maladroitness, but seemed to share some of his views [...]."

Etymology

From maladroit + -ness.

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