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Handless

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adj. Without a hand.

adj. Without a handle.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Without a hand.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Without a hand or hands: as, a handless clock.

Unhandy; awkward.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. without a hand or hands

adj. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Word Usage

"Tibbie had been notorious in her day for evil-speaking, especially for her free use of the word handless, which she flung a hundred times in a week at her man, and even at her old mother."

Equivalent

maladroit

Same Context

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