MALADROITNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maladroitness mean? 

• MALADROITNESS (noun)
  The noun MALADROITNESS has 1 sense:

1. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

  Familiarity information: MALADROITNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALADROITNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

awkwardness; clumsiness; ineptitude; ineptness; maladroitness; slowness

Hypernyms ("maladroitness" is a kind of...):

unskillfulness (a lack of cognitive skill)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maladroitness"):

rustiness (ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice)

Derivation:

maladroit (not adroit)