[ adj ] lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands <adj.all> a bumbling mechanica bungling performance ham-handed governmental interference could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature
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.