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HANDLESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Example:

could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature

Synonyms:

bumbling; bungling; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed; handless; heavy-handed; left-handed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

maladroit (not adroit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without a hand or hands

Example:

a handless war veteran

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

handed (having or involving the use of hands)

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