bungling, adj.
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
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bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed
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bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed
sample sentences
"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
semantic pointers
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showing lack of skill or aptitude
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bungling clumsy fumbling incompetent
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bungling clumsy fumbling incompetent
sample sentences
"a bungling workman""did a clumsy job"
"his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
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