HANDLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does handless mean? 

• HANDLESS (adjective)
  The adjective HANDLESS has 2 senses:

1. without a hand or hands

2. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

  Familiarity information: HANDLESS used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HANDLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without a hand or hands

Context example:

a handless war veteran

Antonym:

handed (having or involving the use of hands)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature

Similar:

maladroit (not adroit)