unhandy

  • 1Unhandy — Un*hand y, a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2unhandy — index impracticable, incompetent, inept (incompetent) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3unhandy — [unhan′dē] adj. unhandier, unhandiest 1. not handy; inconvenient or inaccessible 2. not clever with the hands; awkward unhandily adv. unhandiness n …

    English World dictionary

  • 4unhandy — unhandily, adv. unhandiness, n. /un han dee/, adj., unhandier, unhandiest. 1. not skillful in manual work: He s unhandy when it comes to fixing things around the house. 2. inconveniently placed or arranged. 3. difficult to handle or use, as tools …

    Universalium

  • 5unhandy — adjective Date: 1664 1. hard to handle ; inconvenient 2. lacking in skill or dexterity ; awkward • unhandily adverb • unhandiness noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6unhandy — adjective Not handy, unapt, clumsy, not dexterous …

    Wiktionary

  • 7unhandy — Synonyms and related words: all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bulky, bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy, clumsy fisted, contrary, crosswise, cumbersome, discommodious, fingers all thumbs,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 8unhandy — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inconvenient] Syn. awkward, ill arranged, unwieldy, ill contrived, bothersome, clumsy, ill adapted, cumbersome, discommodious, unfit, disadvantageous, inappropriate, unsuitable, hampering, cumbrous. Ant. convenient*,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 9unhandy — adj. not useful …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10unhandy — adjective 1》 not easy to handle or manage. 2》 not skilful in using the hands. Derivatives unhandily adverb unhandiness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

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