handless

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

• 🇨🇳过时形容词，意为「没有手的、失去双手的」；引申义指笨拙或无能。

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.

   🇨🇳无手的

   反义词: 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.

   🇨🇳笨手笨脚

   同义词: awkwardbunglingbutterfingeredclumsyham-fistedham-handedineptmaladroitunskilled

   反义词: adroitdexterousskillful

• more handless comparative form
• most handless superlative form