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handless

hand·less

UK/ˈhændləs/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

without a hand or hands

  • “a handless war veteran”
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2.

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
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Origin

From Middle English handles, from Old English *handlēas, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), equivalent to hand + -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), German handlos (“handless”), Icelandic handlauss (“handless”).

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