| So long as he lived he committed the irritating maladroitness to be someone other in his thinking and feeling than ourselves! |
| Unfortunately it appears that Mr Rahman's maladroitness precedes him. |
| Besides, she was rather ashamed of her maladroitness in mistaking Lord Chilminster for a common motor-man. |
| His good-natured smile at my maladroitness I treasured up as a deadly wrong. |
| Not only is the moment not particularly funny, its maladroitness ruins any momentum the film had been building. |
| This being the case, Lucilla's good humour was perfectly restored, and she had forgiven Tom his maladroitness. |
