but·ter·fin·gers (b t  r-f ng grz)pl.n. (used with a sing. verb) A person who tends to drop things. but ter·fingered adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | butterfingered - 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 maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" |
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