different between maladroit vs slipshod

English

Etymology

From French maladroit, from mal- (“bad, badly”) + adroit (“skilful”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæl.?.?d???t/

Adjective

maladroit (comparative more maladroit, superlative most maladroit)

1. Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept. [from 1670s]

Derived terms

• maladroitly
• maladroitness

Translations

Noun

maladroit (plural maladroits)

1. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

Anagrams

• matroidal

French

Etymology

mal- +? adroit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.la.d?wa/

Adjective

maladroit (feminine singular maladroite, masculine plural maladroits, feminine plural maladroites)

1. awkward; clumsy; maladroit

Antonyms

• adroit
• habile
• dextre

Derived terms

• maladroitement

Related terms

• maladresse

Descendants

• English: maladroit

Further reading

• “maladroit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

slip + shod (“wearing shoes”), originally "wearing slippers", "slovenly" is from early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sl?p.??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sl?p.??d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Adjective

slipshod (comparative more slipshod, superlative most slipshod)

1. Done poorly or too quickly; slapdash.
   • 1880, Mark Twain, "The Awful German Language":

     Surely there is not another language that is so slipshod and systemless, and so slippery and elusive to the grasp.

   • 1999 Aug. 22, Johanna McGeary, "Buried Alive," Time:

     Newspapers pointed at greedy contractors who used shoddy materials, slipshod methods and the help of corrupt officials to bypass building codes.

2. (obsolete) Wearing slippers or similarly open shoes.
   • 1840, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Chapter 67:

     [T]hey wandered up and down hardly remembering the ways untrodden by their feet so long, and crying [...] as they slunk off in their rags, and dragged their slipshod feet along the pavement.

   • 1870, Bret Harte, "From a Back Window"

     That glossy, well-brushed individual, who lets himself in with a latch-key at the front door at night, is a very different being from the slipshod wretch who growls of mornings for hot water at the door of the kitchen.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:careless

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