butterfingered adj : not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: {bumbling}, {bungling}, {ham-fisted}, {ham-handed}, {handless}, {heavy-handed}, {left-handed}]