handless meaning

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handless (adjective): without a hand or hands.

handless has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

handless as an adjective

  1. without a hand or hands
    • a handless war veteran

    Opposite: handed

  2. 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

    Synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, left-handed

    Similar: maladroit

Scrabble score: 12 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HA · words ending in SS · 8-letter words

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