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 Maladroit--- Mitch Nini

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 * > Name: || Mitch Nini ||
 * > Word: || Maladroit ||
 * > Source: || //Savage Wars of Peace//, Max Boot, "To Conquer Upon the Sea", Drifting Toward War, pg, 11 ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || adj, lacking adroitness; clumsy, unskilled, awkward
 * > Definition URL: || http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maladroit ||
 * > Context Sentences: || "On September 17, 1800, after a 40-day crossing from Philadelphia, //George Washington//, a 24-gun vessel, anchored in Algiers harbor to deliver America's tribute to the dey. Captain William Bainbridge- one of the unluckiest, or most **maladroit**, officers in the U.S. fleet- made the mistake of tying up his ship directly underneath the guns of the dey's castle. He was then summoned to an audience with Dey Bobba Mustapha, who delivered a startling ultimatum." ||

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