BUTTERFINGERED Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

butterfingered

adjective

ˈbə-tər-ˌfiŋ-gərd

Definition of butterfingered

as in clumsy

lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands I'm so butterfingered this morning—I keep dropping things

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Such episodes now look like clumsy moments in a decade of dissembling.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Yirenki’s challenge on Christos Tzolis is clumsy, but well short of a first yellow card, let alone a second.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of clumsy

Adjective

Lug a bulky, awkward, bear-proof canister to store your food so you don’t get mauled.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
That puts the conference’s universities in an awkward—and potentially paradoxical—position of promoting a product that researchers within their academic departments have raised concerns about.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of awkward

Adjective

At her side is her maladroit cameraman Manu, (a winning turn from Jean-Baptiste Shelmerdine).

— John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
Michael Strassner, who co-wrote the film with Duplass, stars as Cliff, a physically maladroit, mildly depressive but sweet-natured man whose thick beard and portly bearing suggest Lord of the Rings-era Peter Jackson.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025

Definition of maladroit

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