Usually means: Clumsy, often dropping things easily.
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  3. butterfingered: Collins English Dictionary
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  9. butterfingered: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ adjective:  Prone to dropping things; clumsy.

Similar:
bungling, heavy-handed, bumbling, ham-handed, ham-fisted, left-handed, maladroit, handless, butter-fingered, fumble-fingered, more...

Types:
butterfingers, klutz, klutzy, more...

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Similar:
bungling, heavy-handed, bumbling, ham-handed, ham-fisted, left-handed, maladroit, handless, butter-fingered, fumble-fingered, more...

Types:
butterfingers, klutz, klutzy, more...



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