Crossword clues for butterfingered
butterfingered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
a. prone to dropping things; clumsy
WordNet
adj. not skillful in physical movement 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, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed]
Usage examples of "butterfingered".
Then, and only then, did she return to the mail, though her hands were trembling so badly she was butterfingered for the next hour, and her mood so much sweetened, she even found a few minutes for Audrey Laidlaw to be given something for her dyspepsia.
Did you send me this butterfingered fuckup in order to teach me a lesson?