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Maladroit
Adjective (mal-uh-droit)
Unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless; lacking in adroitness: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
Citations for maladroit
He asked a thousand pardons of Madame la Duchesse for being so maladroit.
William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, 1855
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Maladroit
Adjective (mal-uh-droit)
Unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless; lacking in adroitness: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
Citations for maladroit
He asked a thousand pardons of Madame la Duchesse for being so maladroit.
William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, 1855
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Horsefeathers
Interjection (hawrs-feth-erz)
Slang. rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).
Slang. (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
Citations for horsefeathers
At the risk of seeming disrespectful, I rise to cry: " Horsefeathers !"
John R. Tunis, "Are Fraternities Worthwhile? No!" The Rotarian, September 1937
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Horsefeathers
Interjection (hawrs-feth-erz)
Slang. rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).
Slang. (used with a singular or plural verb) something not worth considering.
Citations for horsefeathers
At the risk of seeming disrespectful, I rise to cry: " Horsefeathers !"
John R. Tunis, "Are Fraternities Worthwhile? No!" The Rotarian, September 1937
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Seriocomic
Adjective (seer-ee-oh-kom-ik)
Partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
Citations for seriocomic
Suddenly, here toward the year's end, when the new films are plunging toward the wire and the prospects of an Oscar-worthy long shot coming through get progressively more dim, there sweeps ahead a film that is not only one of the best of the year, but also one of the best seriocomic social satires we've had from Hollywood since Preston Sturges was making them.
Bosley Crowther, "The Graduate," New York Times, December 22, 1967
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Seriocomic
Adjective (seer-ee-oh-kom-ik)
Partly serious and partly comic: a seriocomic play.
Citations for seriocomic
Suddenly, here toward the year's end, when the new films are plunging toward the wire and the prospects of an Oscar-worthy long shot coming through get progressively more dim, there sweeps ahead a film that is not only one of the best of the year, but also one of the best seriocomic social satires we've had from Hollywood since Preston Sturges was making them.
Bosley Crowther, "The Graduate," New York Times, December 22, 1967
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Ergophobia
Noun (ur-guh-foh-bee-uh)
An abnormal fear of work; an aversion to work.
Citations for ergophobia
He was examined by Dr. Wilson, who diagnosed the disease which had attacked him as ergophobia, (fear of work.)
"Bad Case of Ergophobia," New York Times, October 13, 1907
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Ergophobia
Noun (ur-guh-foh-bee-uh)
An abnormal fear of work; an aversion to work.
Citations for ergophobia
He was examined by Dr. Wilson, who diagnosed the disease which had attacked him as ergophobia, (fear of work.)
"Bad Case of Ergophobia," New York Times, October 13, 1907
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Benighted
Adjective (bih-nahy-tid)
Intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
Overtaken by darkness or night.
Citations for benighted
Beyond that, the continued association of pregnancy with sickness perpetuates the benighted notion of childbearing as a threat to ordinary human experience when many would argue that it is the singular manifestation of it.
Ginia Bellafante, "Paid Parental Leave, Except for Most Who Need It," New York Times, December 1, 2017
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Benighted
Adjective (bih-nahy-tid)
Intellectually or morally ignorant; unenlightened: benighted ages of barbarism and superstition.
Overtaken by darkness or night.
Citations for benighted
Beyond that, the continued association of pregnancy with sickness perpetuates the benighted notion of childbearing as a threat to ordinary human experience when many would argue that it is the singular manifestation of it.
Ginia Bellafante, "Paid Parental Leave, Except for Most Who Need It," New York Times, December 1, 2017
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💥Affinity
✍🏾A spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something.
🔺“He has an affinity for science fiction movies.”
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💥Affinity
✍🏾A spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for someone or something.
🔺“He has an affinity for science fiction movies.”
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