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handless
/ˈhændləs/
adj 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
battered, most, noseless, soon, spoutless
VERB + HANDLESS
sipped
HANDLESS + NOUN
chinese, chipp'd, cup, everything, hack'd, jug, man, soup
PREP.
from, in
Definitions
adj
1
Without any hands.
Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him
2
Not handy; awkward.
We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should.
This, however, was a thing that, left to himself, would have simply rendered Bill Lampiere a most handless workman at everything he attempted.
adj
1
Without a handle.
She gave him a few coppers from the handless jug.
One battered, spoutless, handless, japanned-in jug, that did not contain water, for it leaked.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- ham-fisted
- ham-handed
- heavy-handed
- left-handed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him
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We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should.
Wiktionary03
This, however, was a thing that, left to himself, would have simply rendered Bill Lampiere a most handless workman at everything he attempted.
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She gave him a few coppers from the handless jug.
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One battered, spoutless, handless, japanned-in jug, that did not contain water, for it leaked.
Wiktionary06
Chinese soup is sipped in a handless cup (Chinese soup bowl) with its own soupspoon.
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