weakhanded

Adjective

weak-handed (comparative more weak-handed, superlative most weak-handed)

1. Having or involving hands that are weak or infirm.
   • He also had a son named Dave who thought milking a pretty tough job, and who imagined he was getting weak-handed and on the way to milker's paralysis.1914, Hoard's Dairyman - Volume 46, page 744
2. (broadly) Weak; lacking courage and strength.
   • It is true there is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects.1897, Hezekiah Butterworth, True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin, →ISBN
   1. (broadly, slang) Selling his invested position(s) in reaction to ephemeral signs of a downturn.
3. (obsolete) Understaffed
   • With this heroic resolution, he put himself into the hands of the Zamorin with a retinue of only twelve men, being unwilling to leave the ships weak-handed for the sake of an unavailing and empty parade of attendance.1812, David Macpherson, The history of the European commerce with India, page 15
4. (obsolete) Poor; impoverished.
   • Should he be weak-handed (poor), he is compelled to be content with what is termed girdling, which consists in cutting the bark, thereby, of course, killing the trees, and he afterwards clears away the underwood, which is seldom considerable.1906, University of Cincinnati Studies - Volume 2, page 61

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