handless

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

• 🇪🇸Adjetivo anticuado que significa sin manos o que carece de ambas manos; también se usa en sentido figurado para referirse a alguien torpe o desvalido.

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.

   🇪🇸sin manos / manco

   Antónimos: 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.

   🇪🇸torpe, manazas

   Sinónimos: awkwardbunglingbutterfingeredclumsyham-fistedham-handedineptmaladroitunskilled

   Antónimos: adroitdexterousskillful

• more handless comparative form
• most handless superlative form