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HANDLESS
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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:
Similar:
maladroit (not adroit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without a hand or hands
Example:
a handless war veteran
Classified under:
Antonym:
handed (having or involving the use of hands)
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