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handless

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈhændləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted adehlnssStarts with HEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Word origin

From Middle English handles, from Old English *handlēas, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), equivalent to hand + -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), German handlos (“handless”), Icelandic handlauss (“handless”).

Used in a sentence

  • Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him
  • 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.

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