Synonyms for maladroit
- adjective
Most common
awkward clumsy inept unskilled heavy-handed ham-handed butter-fingered bungling
All synonyms
Adjective
awkward, clumsy, inept, unskilled, ham-fisted informal, bungling, heavy-handed, ham-handed, butter-fingered, bumbling, tactless, unskillful, unskilful UK, inapt, inexpert, unhandy, flat-footed, uncouth, handless
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
Example sentences
- awkward At first the trainees were awkward in his company.
- clumsy Her movements were awkward and her gesture clumsy.
- inept They are a bunch of inept and aggressive cretins..
- unskilled He was very unskilled at his job, so the manager fired him.
By length
- 5 letters
- inept2, inapt
- 6 letters
- clumsy2
- 7 letters
- awkward2, uncouth2, unhandy
- 8 letters
- bumbling3, bungling3, tactless2, inexpert, handless
- 9 letters
- unskilled2, unskilful
- 10 letters
- unskillful
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inept2 = 2 syllables).