butterfingered

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butterfingered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  butterfingered \but"ter*fin`gered\, Butter-fingered
  \But"ter-fin`gered\, a.
     Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; not
     skillful in using the hands; slippery; careless.
  
     Syn: bumbling, bungling, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless,
          heavy-handed, left-handed.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

butterfingered - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  butterfingered
      adj 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"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: bumbling, bungling,
             butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless,
             heavy-handed, left-handed]