butterfingered

butterfingered

adjective

Definition of BUTTERFINGERED

lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands <I'm so butterfingered this morning—I keep dropping things>

Synonyms awkward, butterfingered, cack-handed [British], graceless, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed, maladroit, unhandy

Related Words uncoordinated; bunglesome, bungling, gauche, inept, inexpert, unskilled, unskillful

Near Antonyms expert, masterly, skilled, skillful; coordinated

Antonyms deft, dexterous (also dextrous), handy, sure-handed