unhandy

unhandy
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, fumbling, gauche, gawkish, gawky, graceless, halting, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, hulking, hulky, ill-considered, ill-seasoned, ill-timed, impractical, improper, inadept, inappropriate, inapt, inauspicious, incommodious, inconvenient, inelegant, inept, inexpedient, inexpert, infelicitous, inopportune, intempestive, intrusive, irrelevant, late, left-hand, left-handed, loutish, lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, mal a propos, maladroit, malapropos, mistimed, oafish, off base, out of line, out of phase, out of time, perverse, ponderous, premature, sloppy, stiff, too late, too soon, troublesome, unapt, unbefitting, uncouth, undexterous, unfacile, unfavorable, unfit, unfitting, unfortunate, ungainly, ungraceful, unhappy, unlucky, unmanageable, unproficient, unpropitious, unready, unripe, unseasonable, unsuitable, untimely, untoward, unwieldy, wooden, wrong

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  • Unhandy — Un*hand y, a. Clumsy; awkward; as, an Unhandy man. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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

  • unhandy — [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

  • unhandy — 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

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

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

  • unhandy — 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

  • unhandy — adj. not useful …   English contemporary dictionary

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

  • unhandy — a. 1. Awkward, unskilful, clumsy, bungling, maladroit, inexpert, inapt, gauche. 2. Inconvenient, uncomfortable, awkward …   New dictionary of synonyms

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