Meaning

5 senses
  1. Having or involving hands that are weak or infirm.

  2. (broadly)Weak; lacking courage and strength.

  3. Weak; lacking courage and strength.

    (broadly, slang)Selling his invested position(s) in reaction to ephemeral signs of a downturn.

  4. (obsolete)Understaffed

  5. (obsolete)Poor; impoverished.

Origin

From weak + handed.

From weak + handed.

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Forms

more weak-handed, most weak-handed
Comparativemore weak-handed Lesson
Superlativemost weak-handed Lesson

regular

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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