1
[ adjective ] without a hand or hands

Examples

"a handless war veteran"

Used in print

(Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)

They crowded the small room and peered over one another 's shoulders to watch the handless man write his name in the book .

Related terms

handed

2
[ adjective ] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands

Examples

"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

Related terms

maladroit

3
[ adjective ] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands

Examples

"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

Related terms

maladroit

*