Synonyms: left-handed, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered
Definition: lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Usage: 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
Similar words: maladroit
Definition: not adroit
Usage: a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve; a maladroit translation; maladroit propaganda
Synonyms: bungling, clumsy, incompetent, fumbling
Definition: showing lack of skill or aptitude
Usage: a bungling workman; did a clumsy job; his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
Similar words: unskilled
Definition: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
Usage: unskilled in the art of rhetoric; an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber; unskilled labor; workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities; unskilled workmanship