Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

maladroit

 

clumsy, unskillful

 

As part of the interview process, tests of physical skills are used to keep maladroit applicants from being assigned to the assembly line.

 

Related English word: maladroitness

 

Latin root words: malus, mala, malum - bad; dirigo, dirigere, direxi, directus - to direct; directus, directa, directum - direct, straight 

 

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