handless

An obsolete adjective meaning lacking hands or having no hands; also used figuratively to mean clumsy or helpless.

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das jemanden ohne Hände oder mit fehlenden Händen bezeichnet; auch bildlich für ungeschickt oder hilflos.

1. Without hands C1 formal

   Lacking a hand or hands, either physically or as a characteristic.

   • The statue was handless, its arms broken off centuries ago.
   • He was born handless but learned to write with his feet.
   • The handless clock on the wall was purely decorative.

   🇩🇪handlos

   Antonyme: handed

2. Clumsy or unskilled C1 informal

   Lacking physical dexterity or skill, especially with the hands; awkward or inept.

   • He is so handless that he can't even hammer a nail straight.
   • She felt handless when trying to fix the broken vase.
   • The handless apprentice struggled with the delicate task.

   🇩🇪Ungeschickt

   Synonyme: awkwardbunglingbutterfingeredclumsyham-fistedham-handedineptmaladroitunskilled

   Antonyme: adroitdexterousskillful

• more handless comparative form
• most handless superlative form