HANDLESS


Meaning of HANDLESS in English

ˈhandlə̇s, ˈhaan-, rapid -nl- adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from hand (I) + -less

1. : having no hands

a handless war veteran

2. : inefficient, clumsy, or incompetent in manual tasks

could hardly empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature — Mary H. Vorse

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