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handless


 
  Overview  of  adj  handless 
 
  The  adj  handless  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  handless  --  (without  a  hand  or  hands;  "a  handless  war  veteran") 
  2.  bumbling,  bungling,  butterfingered,  ham-fisted,  ham-handed,  handless,  heavy-handed,  left-handed  --  (not  skillful  in  physical  movement  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) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  handless 
 
  2  senses  of  handless 
 
  Sense  1 
  handless  (vs.  handed) 
 
  handed  (vs.  handless) 
  =>  two-handed,  bimanual 
 
  Sense  2 
  bumbling,  bungling,  butterfingered,  ham-fisted,  ham-handed,  handless,  heavy-handed,  left-handed 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  maladroit)  ->  adroit 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  handless 
 
  2  senses  of  handless 
 
  Sense  1 
  handless  (vs.  handed) 
 
  Sense  2 
  bumbling,  bungling,  butterfingered,  ham-fisted,  ham-handed,  handless,  heavy-handed,  left-handed 
  =>  maladroit  (vs.  adroit) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  handless 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  handless 
 
  handless  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  handless 
  handless 
 
  Overview  of  adj  handless 
 
  The  adj  handless  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  handless  --  (without  a  hand  or  hands;  "a  handless  war  veteran") 
  2.  bumbling,  bungling,  butterfingered,  ham-fisted,  ham-handed,  handless,  heavy-handed,  left-handed  --  (not  skillful  in  physical  movement  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 definition