不手際|ふてぎわfutegiwa[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. na-adjective, nounclumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude

• Synonym不器用ぶきようCasualColloquial. Read 「ぶきっちょ」. Describes clumsy hands and poor dexterity, and also awkwardness with people; 「不手際」 targets one badly handled task.
• Synonym下手へたNeutralNeutral and the most common word for being unskilled or bad at something; 「不手際」 is specific to mistakes in how a matter is handled.
• SynonymつたないWrittenWritten/formal prose. Poor, unpolished skill or craft, often as a humble phrase such as 「拙い文章」.
• Related未熟みじゅくNeutralNeutral. Inexperience and skills not yet matured; it rates one's overall ability, not a single blunder.
• RelatedぎこちないNeutralNeutral. Stiff, unnatural movements, speech or behavior; stresses lack of smoothness rather than failed handling.
• RelatedヘマCasualColloquial. A blunder made through carelessness; used with self-deprecation or contempt.
• RelatedへぼCasualColloquial and scornful, for a novice with poor skill, as in 「へぼ将棋」.
• Antonym手際てぎわNeutralNeutral antonym: the way one handles things and one's deftness at it, often 「手際がいい」.
• Antonym巧みさNeutralNeutral antonym: the degree of skillfulness or cleverness, the opposite of the clumsy handling 「不手際」 describes.

Use 「不手際」 when apologizing for a mistake in handling something, as in 「こちらの不手際で」. Say 「下手」 for being poor at a skill and 「不器用」 for being clumsy with your hands; the others cover immature skill, stiffness, or blunders.

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1. 手際てぎわが悪わるいこと。処置しょちやその結果けっかが悪わるいこと。