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unhandy

unhandy adjective: of a person, or movement: not handy; inept; clumsy; not dexterous.

Adjective

unhandy (comparative unhandier, superlative unhandiest)

  1. Of a person, or movement: not handy; inept; clumsy; not dexterous.
    • Bradly collected Pippies; their trick vanishing was not too swift for his unhandy clutches.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 177
    • "Strike your father, eh?" Syed Omar launched an unhandy cuff, then another.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514
  2. Awkward; not convenient.

Forms of unhandy

comparativeunhandier
superlativeunhandiest

Origin of unhandy

From un- + handy.

Words formed from unhandy

Questions about unhandy

What does unhandy mean?
Unhandy means of a person, or movement: not handy; inept; clumsy; not dexterous.
What part of speech is unhandy?
Unhandy is an adjective.

Words near unhandy in the dictionary

  1. unhandsome
  2. unhandsomely
  3. unhandsomeness
  4. unhandsomer
  5. unhandsomest
  6. unhandy
  7. unhang
  8. unhangable
  9. unhanged
  10. unhanging
  11. unhangs

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