HANDLESS

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

handless

(adjective) without a hand or hands; “a handless war veteran”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Adjective

handless (not comparable)

Without a hand.

(obsolete) Not handy; awkward.

Etymology 2

Adjective

handless (not comparable)

Without a handle.

Anagrams

• handsels

Source: Wiktionary


Hand"less, a.

Definition: Without a hand. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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