undexterousundextrousadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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craftlessOE
unslyc1275
unexperta1425
incrafty?1520
imperite?1550
unskilful1565
skilless1573
artless1586
inexpert1598
unarted1603
boisterous1609
unhandsomea1616
unwieldy1666
unartful1683
undexterous1688
unaccomplished1709
not so (also not too) hot1845
rotten1867
one-fingered1868
button pushing1896
1688 Marquis of Halifax Lady's New-years Gift (ed. 2) 59 You must be very undextrous if when your Husband shall resolve to be an Ass, you do not take care he may be your Ass.
1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV I. 162 This was not surely undextrous management.
a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iv, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 184 If the occasion coming should find us undexterous, incapable.
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adj.1688- take the soil
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