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maladroit, e [maladʀwa, wat]1. adjectivea. ( = malhabile) clumsyb. ( = inconsidéré) ce serait maladroit de lui en parler it would be tactless to mention it to him2. masculine noun, feminine noun( = malhabile) clumsy person• quel maladroit je fais ! how clumsy of me!* * *
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maladroite maladʀwa, wat adjectif1) ( malhabile) [personne, geste, traduction] clumsy; [écriture] faltering2) ( sans tact) tactless
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* * *maladʀwa, wat adj maladroit, -e* * *A adj1 ( malhabile) [personne, geste, œuvre, style, traduction] clumsy; [écriture] faltering; il est très maladroit de ses mains/avec un pinceau he's very clumsy with his hands/with a brush;2 ( sans tact) [personne, propos] tactless; ce fut très maladroit de ta part it was very tactless of you;3 ( qui manque d'aisance) awkward; un garçon maigre et maladroit a lanky awkward boy;4 ( qui manque de finesse) [personne, négociations] inept; il est trop maladroit pour convaincre he doesn't come over very well.B nm,f ( personne gauche) clumsy person; ( gaffeur) tactless person; ce maladroit fait tout tomber sur son passage he's so clumsy, he knocks everything over; je ne confierais pas cette affaire à un tel maladroit I wouldn't trust the deal to such an oaf.( féminin maladroite) [maladrwa, at] adjectif2. [manquant - de savoir-faire] clumsy, inept ; [ - d'assurance] clumsy, awkward, gauche ; [ - de tact] clumsy, tactless, heavy-handedune initiative maladroite a clumsy ou bungling initiative————————, maladroite [maladrwa, at] nom masculin, nom féminin1. [de ses mains] clumsy personattention, maladroit, tu as failli lâcher la tasse! look out, butterfingers, you nearly dropped the cup![incompétent] blithering idiot -
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n. m.1. 'Goofer', blunderer.2. 'Likely lad', fun-loving guy (the kind of character who seems to be living it up perpetually).
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