Butter-fingered

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  butterfingered
       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}]