What does αδέξιος in Greek mean?

What is the meaning of the word αδέξιος in Greek? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use αδέξιος in Greek.

The word αδέξιος in Greek means awkward, clumsy, inept, αδέξιος, άγαρμπος, αδέξιος, άγαρμπος, αδέξιος, ακαλλιέργητος, αδέξιος, άτσαλος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, ατζαμής, αδέξιος, άχαρος, ανόητος, ηλίθιος, χαζός, βλαμμένος, ανίδεος, αδαής, άγαρμπος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, άγαρμπος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, ζημιάρης, απρόσεκτος, αδέξιος, ατζαμής, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, άχαρος, αδέξιος, άγαρμπος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, άκομψος, αδέξιος, ανίκανος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, άγαρμπος, αδέξιος, αδέξιος, καταστροφή, κακός, αδέξιος, ανίκανος, αδέξιος, είμαι αδέξιος, είμαι άτσαλος, είμαι αδέξιος, κινούμαι αδέξια. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word αδέξιος

awkward, clumsy, inept

αδέξιος, άγαρμπος

(clumsy)

Το αγόρι ήταν τόσο αδέξιο (or: άγαρμπο) που συνεχώς έριχνε πράγματα.
The boy was so awkward that he kept knocking things over.

αδέξιος, άγαρμπος

(person)

Ο Τζέικ είναι τόσο αδέξιος (or: ατσούμπαλος), πάντα πέφτει πάνω σε πράγματα ή του πέφτουν κάτω πράγματα.
Jake is so clumsy--he's always running into things and dropping things.

αδέξιος, ακαλλιέργητος

(person: socially awkward)

αδέξιος, άτσαλος

(incompetent, clumsy)

The character is a bumbling detective who eventually catches the killer by accident.

αδέξιος

(clumsy)

Andrea is so uncoordinated; she's always dropping and breaking things.

αδέξιος, ατζαμής

(clumsy, accident-prone)

The comedy film features a blundering detective.

αδέξιος, άχαρος

(lanky and awkward)

When Rob was a gawky teenager, he was too shy to ask a girl on a date.

ανόητος, ηλίθιος, χαζός, βλαμμένος

(US, slang, pejorative (stupid or clumsy) (προσβλ)

ανίδεος, αδαής

(lacking specialist skill or knowledge) (πρόσωπο)

άγαρμπος, αδέξιος

(US, informal (clumsy)

αδέξιος, άγαρμπος

(clumsy)

The CEO's maladroit management led to his dismissal.

αδέξιος

(inelegant)

I was an ungainly child and never excelled at sports.

αδέξιος

(US, informal (clumsy, inept)

αδέξιος

(clumsy, inept)

αδέξιος

(clumsy, unskilled)

αδέξιος, ζημιάρης, απρόσεκτος

(figurative (person: prone to dropping things)

αδέξιος, ατζαμής

(slang (clumsy person who drops things)

Mia is a butterfingers; she always drops the ball when we play catch.

αδέξιος

(bungling or incompetent person)

αδέξιος

(slang, pejorative (clumsy person)

άχαρος, αδέξιος

(clumsy or inept person)

άγαρμπος, αδέξιος

(informal, pejorative (clumsy or oafish person)

αδέξιος

(act)

Περιέργως, η χορογραφία της μαζορέτας είναι ιδιαίτερα αδέξια (or: άγαρμπη).
The cheerleaders' routine is surprisingly clumsy.

αδέξιος, άκομψος

(gait, walk: clumsy or heavy) (στιλ)

The performance was excellent aside from one actor's lumpy gait.

αδέξιος

(person: clumsy)

Ήταν τόσο αδέξια χορεύτρια που καταντούσε κωμικό.
She was such an inept dancer that it was comical.

ανίκανος, αδέξιος

(clumsy, bungling)

The receptionist was fired due to her incompetent record keeping.

αδέξιος, άγαρμπος

(clumsy, slow)

αδέξιος

(pejorative (clumsy person)

An oaf bumped into me, spilling my coffee.

αδέξιος

(figurative (clumsy)

This essay was nothing but a heavy-handed critique of a complex issue.

καταστροφή

(figurative, informal, humorous (clumsy or unfortunate person) (μεταφορικά: για άτομο)

κακός, αδέξιος, ανίκανος

(unskilled)

Ήταν ανίκανος εργάτης και οτιδήποτε επιδιόρθωνε ξαναχαλούσε σύντομα.
He was a bad workman, and whatever he mended soon broke again.

αδέξιος

(UK, slang (clumsy, awkward)

είμαι αδέξιος, είμαι άτσαλος

(figurative, informal (be clumsy)

είμαι αδέξιος, κινούμαι αδέξια

(be clumsy or bungling)

This TV presenter is hopeless; he's bumbling as usual.

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