Awkward person originally held in one trap (5)
I believe the answer is:
inept
'awkward' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'person originally held in one trap' is the wordplay.
'originally' says to take the initial letters.
'held in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'trap' becomes 'net' (net is a kind of trap).
The initial letter of 'person' is 'p'.
'i'+'net'='inet'
'p' put inside 'inet' is 'INEPT'.
(Other definitions for inept that I've seen before include "Incompetent and ineffectual" , "lacks skill" , "Incompetent or awkward" , "Wanting" , "Lacking skill" .)