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English adjective: handless

1. handless without a hand or hands


SamplesA handless war veteran.


Antonymshanded

2. handless lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands


SamplesA bumbling mechanic.
A bungling performance.
Ham-handed governmental interference.
Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature.


Synonymsbumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, left-handed


Similarmaladroit


Antonymsadroit









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