handless meaning and definition

HANDLESS adjective

Definition of handless (adjective)

1. without a hand or hands
   • "a handless war veteran"
   • antonym: handed
2. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
   • "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
   • synonyms: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, left-handed