butterfingered
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adjective \-ˌfiŋ-gərd\Definition of BUTTERFINGERED
: apt to let things fall or slip through the fingers : careless
— but·ter·fin·gers \-gərz\ noun plural but singular or plural in construction
See Examples of BUTTERFINGERED
- <I'm so butterfingered this morning—I keep dropping things.>
First Known Use of BUTTERFINGERED
1615
Related to BUTTERFINGERED
- Synonyms
- awkward, clumsy, cack-handed [British], graceless, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed, maladroit, unhandy
- Antonyms
- deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, sure-handed
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