(a.) Of a quality opposed to adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful.
Example Sentences:
(1) Later, Walcott did something similar to the maladroit Rooney.
(2) That does not surprise Lynda Shentall, a Gorton resident who led a campaign in 2002 to save the local swimming pool which, with remarkably maladroit timing, the council was closing because it said it could not maintain annual running costs of £75,000.
(3) Women The male grip on the top shadow cabinet jobs led to fury, a damaging and avoidable irony given that Corbyn has appointed more spokeswomen than men, and one that owes a great deal to maladroit media management.
(4) It was a poor decision by Andre Marriner, Turner's careless elbow maladroit rather than malicious.
(5) The Seattle Times called it Murray's “most maladroit move”.
(6) Or outlaw the surly barman who makes clear his distaste for all except the local drunks, and the maladroit waiter who inadvertently clips the diner's ear with the plate while serving soup.
(7) Helping maladroit adolescents achieve optimal potential is a challenge for physicians, educators, and others involved in their care.
(8) He described himself as "gauche, maladroit and sinister", on the lookout for an exit.
(9) Being maladroit in a society with increasing emphasis on performance is a formidable challenge to adolescent development.
(10) Harry's strop was both maladroit and inappropriate, to the extent that you might think his bark is worse than his bite.
(11) But it took Blair’s compromises with economic Thatcherism, his role in the Iraq war of 2003, maladroit Brown’s defeat in 2010, and the Cameron coalition’s austerity drive finally to alienate Labour’s core vote in Scotland.
(12) There has always been a sense of advocacy among those working with the adolescent whose exaggerated maladroitness stems from a problem with learning or attention.
(13) What emerges from the shameful way in which "debate" has been manipulated, is that the hold of the media over the imagination of the people is more circumscribed than its practitioners believe, so maladroit has been their management of political news.
(14) As host, Abbott greeted every foreign leader and his exchange with the Russian leader – hugely anticipated by the Australian media – descended to the farcical, with Putin giving a maladroit hand gesture that was liable to misinterpretation.
(15) Other causes include dubious feeding practices, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, and maladroit diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers, including administration of radiologic contrast medium or hypertonic sodium bicarbonate or mannitol infusions, or the use of salt solutions as an emetic.
Slapdash
Definition:
(adv.) In a bold, careless manner; at random.
(adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.
(v. t.) To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint on a wall, or to slapdash a wall.
Example Sentences:
(1) This was, as the German said, “spectacular, wild football” featuring marvellous attacking and slapdash defending.
(2) After more slapdash Liverpool defending and with Martin Skrtel backing off, Adam strode through to drive low into the corner before Steve N’Zonzi bent a magnificent shot past Mignolet from outside the area.
(3) Joanne McCartney, Labour London Assembly member and police and crime spokesperson, said: "To rush this through is typical of Boris's slapdash approach to issues of crucial importance to Londoners.
(4) Judging by the slapdash nature of the marking at that set piece, Hughton’s side were missing the customarily commanding presence of the suspended Lewis Dunk at the heart of their defence.
(5) "The FA appears to have done no thorough research on their employees, it looks slapdash and unprofessional.
(6) With Cheik Tioté and Moussa Sissoko back to their best Newcastle United not only hinted at what might have been had Rafael Benítez’s appointment come a little sooner but also highlighted Manchester City’s slapdash tendencies.
(7) It's only on until 24 August, so I'm afraid this column will be even more slapdash than usual because I have a plane to Spain to catch.
(8) It was a good goal but its origins were rooted in slapdash defending on a day when, unusually, Daryl Janmaat struggled.
(9) It was an excellent finish but marking rarely comes more slapdash.
(10) This year we have the UK debut of Julian McCullough, a disheveled New Jerseyan whose stand-up majors on his own personal failings and slapdash approach to life.
(11) It was elegance with a serrated edge, as the Spurs recovered from a slapdash start to win 104-87 in a clinical, yet feverish, display that underlined their superiority and dethroned the reigning NBA champions, denying Miami their third title in three years.
(12) José Mourinho has claimed Ramires's ugly foul and red card in Saturday's Premier League defeat at Aston Villa was largely borne of frustration at the referee Chris Foy's slapdash performance.
(13) They cannot possibly be any more slapdash than last year’s, when the players made their own packed lunches in northern Italy and won one game 16-0 against opponents more accustomed to waiting on tables.
(14) This time Dimitri Payet’s slapdash pass sold James Tomkins horribly short an Lens nipped in to assume possession.
(15) But it is not the stories themselves that shock me – in any profession you will find cases of incompetence – but the slapdash and cosy way the authorities dealt with the doctors at fault.
(16) Most jobs don't ask for any particular skill beyond showing up, and much expertise is viewed with suspicion in a silly, slapdash world where the term "gatekeeper" is waved about like the lowest possible term of abuse.
(17) Certain players wearing black and white had temporarily come over a little slapdash but one was exempt from criticism.
(18) Labour pounced on it, a "welovethenhs" hashtag went viral on Twitter and Cameron was forced to dismiss his pushy young colleague's slapdash views – most of the 1.4 million NHS staff are administrators, claimed Hannan – as "eccentric".
(19) Nonetheless, his longer novels have sometimes suffered from the slapdash impatience that runs rife through China's marketised literary economy, often affecting professionalism in both writing and editing.
(20) At worst, it's a contender for gaming raspberry of the year – a slapdash effort that frankly feels unfinished, with mechanics lazily copied from far-superior games.