Definition
butterfingered
adjective
- tending to drop things; clumsy or careless with one's hands
Usage: informal; often used predicatively
Examples
- I'm too butterfingered to be a juggler.
- He made a butterfingered catch in the outfield and dropped the ball.
- My butterfingered brother broke three glasses last week.
- Don't let him handle the china—he's butterfingered.
- She felt butterfingered as she fumbled with the delicate ornament.
- The butterfingered waiter spilled coffee on two customers.
- I've been butterfingered all morning; I keep dropping my keys.