BUTTERFINGERED

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

(adjective) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; “a bumbling mechanic”; “a bungling performance”; “ham-handed governmental interference”; “could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature”- Mary H. Vorse

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

butterfingered (comparative more butterfingered, superlative most butterfingered)

Prone to dropping things; clumsy.

Synonyms: ambilevous (rare), ambisinistrous

Source: Wiktionary


But"ter-fin`gered, a.

Definition: Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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