Pronunciations
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/ˈhændləs/
Adjective
Without any hands.
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Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him
Not handy; awkward.
Usage- Obsolete
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We’ll take a dram for luck, and as soon as this handless man of mine has the collops ready, we’ll dine and take a hand at the cartes as gentlemen should.
This, however, was a thing that, left to himself, would have simply rendered Bill Lampiere a most handless workman at everything he attempted.
Adjective
Without a handle.
Usage- not-comparable
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She gave him a few coppers from the handless jug.
One battered, spoutless, handless, japanned-in jug, that did not contain water, for it leaked.
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Chinese soup is sipped in a handless cup (Chinese soup bowl) with its own soupspoon.
The leftover dough from the loaves would be rolled out with a handless, wooden, rolling pin.
Adjective
without a hand or hands
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a handless war veteran
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
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a bumbling mechanic
a bungling performance
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ham-handed governmental interference