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Butterfingered Moderate

Butterfingered has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

2

Prone to dropping things; clumsy.

Example Sentences
"a bumbling mechanic" adjective
"a bungling performance" adjective
"ham-handed governmental interference" adjective
"could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature" adjective
See Also
clumsy
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Rhyming Words
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