maladroitness

Generations of young officers had survived maladroitness and embarrassment, and no doubt Carson would as well.

But he slams the 'vulgarity, brutishness and maladroitness' of other royals.

But even some of the company's harshest critics see maladroitness, rather than malevolence, in Microsoft's handling of Word 6.0.

You know, perhaps, after the war ..." Washburne was amazed at his own maladroitness.

To erase that self-deprecation, to make amends for his own maladroitness, F'nor leaned across the table to kiss her on the lips.

Collier first described developmental dyspraxia as 'congenital maladroitness'.

The essential feminine machine is no better than the essential masculine machine; both are monuments to the maladroitness of a much over-praised Creator.

In fairness to the demon-jester, at least some of his maladroitness probably stemmed from the fact that he'd never anticipated that such an alliance would be necessary, but that was part of the problem.

Blaine was nominated by James Frederick Joy of Michigan, but in contrast to Ingersoll's exciting speech of 1876, Joy's lengthy oration was remembered only for its maladroitness.

In the later work, the many figures are subordinate to the general sense of multifarious activity, so maladroitness isn't even an issue, and it can even be a charm, such as a horse that resembles a hyena.

Its issues were clearly very close to the heart of Mr. Wassel, 42 when he was killed, and for all the movie's maladroitness, clunky dialogue, unpolished performances and uninspired visuals, its urgency is still moving.

So bad are those inconsistencies and such the maladroitness of parents that most people come through the ordeal of childhood permanently scarred and possessing what Harris calls an I'm not O.K., You're O.K. personality.

The longer he remained in the green realm, the stronger grew the sense of his own maladroitness, and he began to long for the easy environment of Earth, where each of his acts would not shout aloud of vulgarity and crassness.

It is precisely Ms. McCaughey's acknowledgment of her political maladroitness - a combination of nerdiness and goofiness that has been characterized as part Henry Kissinger and part Betty Boop - that many of her fans find refreshing.

They drew back one on each side to give Dollard passage, Mrs. Thayer with a graceful little retraction, Durand with a vertiginous stagger that fortunately seemed to escape their notice, or if not, to be ascribed to no more than a masculine maladroitness in maneuvering in confined spaces.