maladroitness
Lack of grace
Maladroitness is clumsiness or lack of skill, whether physical or social.
The word often describes awkward handling of delicate situations: His maladroitness in the interview cost him the job.
It carries a slightly formal, even literary tone—you're more likely to call someone clumsy than to accuse them of maladroitness.
Lack of ability
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- unskillfulnessLack of proficiency
- amateurishnessLack of skilled refinement
inadequacy · incapability · botching · mishandling · fumbling · blundering · ineptness · deficiency
Absence of social sensitivity
- gauchenessSocial ineptitude
- gracelessnessLack of smooth movement
- indelicacyWant of propriety
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
bluntness · boorishness · crassness · inelegance · impropriety · faux pas · undiplomatic · tone-deaf
Clumsy, uncoordinated handling
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
- uncoordinatedLacking physical grace
gawkiness · lumbering · butterfingers · ham-handed · oafish · tripping · dropping · spilling
ineptitude
Lack of ability
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- unskillfulnessLack of proficiency
amateurishness · inadequacy · incapability · botching · mishandling · fumbling · blundering · ineptness · deficiency · haplessness
tactlessness
Absence of social sensitivity
- gauchenessSocial ineptitude
- gracelessnessLack of smooth movement
- indelicacyWant of propriety
insensitivity · bluntness · boorishness · crassness · inelegance · impropriety · faux pas · undiplomatic · tone-deaf · foot-in-mouth
fumbling
Clumsy, uncoordinated handling
- ungainlinessLack of physical grace
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
uncoordinated · gawkiness · lumbering · butterfingers · ham-handed · oafish · tripping · dropping · spilling · ungraceful
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
miscalculation · slip · botch · flub · bungle · miscue · misjudgment · oversight · lapse · snafu
- lack of skillincompetence, ineptitude, inexperience, bungling, fumbling
- social blundersgaffe, faux pas, misstep, blooper, flub
- gracelessnessboorishness, rudeness, vulgarity, indecorum, impropriety
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, defect, shortcoming
maladroitnessdexterity
Skillful hand coordination
nimbleness · agility · coordination · gracefulness · adroitness
maladroitnessdiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
finesse · suaveness · tactfulness · tact · smoothness
maladroitnessadeptness
Highly developed ability
skillfulness · proficiency · competence · artfulness · cleverness
adroit, awkwardness, clumsiness, maladroit, adroitness, maladroitly