Butter-fingered

Butter-fingered
butterfingered ut"ter*fin`gered, Butter-fingered But"ter-fin`gered, a. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; not skillful in using the hands; slippery; careless.

Syn: bumbling, bungling, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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