unhandyadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈhandi/, U.S.

/ˌənˈhændi/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare West Frisian on-, ûnhandich, Dutch onhandig, Low German unhandig, Danish uhændig, Norwegian uhendig, Swedish ohändig.

1. Not easy to handle or manage; inconvenient, awkward, clumsy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [adjective] > unhandy

unwield1390

unhandsome1548

unwieldy1552

wieldy1588

awk1593

unmanageable1600

uneasy1611

unhandy1664

awkward1695

1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge ii. iii. 30 If she be not as kind as fair, But peevish and unhandy, Leave her.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 136 They took in pieces all my clumsy unhandy Things.

1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xvii. 55 Our boat carried a large unhandy sail.

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 47 Their being worked double made them unhandy.

1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. v. 114 These swords are ugly and unhandy things.

1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Feb. 91 The very size and nature of the rig of many of the Spanish ships rendered them unwieldy and ‘unhandy’, as sailors call it.

1876 N. Amer. Rev. 123 32 An unhandy arrangement, which detracts from the value of the work.

2. Not skilful in using the hands; lacking in dexterity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands

handless1483

left-handed1579

butterfingered1615

heavy-handeda1634

thumbless1648

unhandy1669

mutton-fisted1737

two-fisted1774

numb-handed1849

butterfingers1851

buttery-fingered1853

cack-handed1854

Marlborough-handed1893

thumb-fingered1903

thumby1909

ham-handed1918

ham-fisted1928

1669 T. Shadwell Royal Shepherdess i. i O fie, Urania! how unhandy art thou! Sir, let me practise my little skill in surgery Upon you.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 27 Yet in the common Actions and behaviour of Life, I have not seen a more clumsy, awkward, and unhandy People.

1798 W. Hutton Life 6 Being hurt at seeing the nurse unhandy, she would do the work herself.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 452 The Akarnanian darters..were for this reason unhandy with their missiles.

1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay I. iii. 118 He was unhandy to a degree quite unexampled in the experience of all who knew him.

figurative.1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 32 Wise men were so awkward and unhandy in the ordering of publick affairs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unhandy
释义	unhandyadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhandi/, U.S. /ˌənˈhændi/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1. Compare West Frisian on-, ûnhandich, Dutch onhandig, Low German unhandig, Danish uhændig, Norwegian uhendig, Swedish ohändig. 1. Not easy to handle or manage; inconvenient, awkward, clumsy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inconvenience > [adjective] > unhandy unwield1390 unhandsome1548 unwieldy1552 wieldy1588 awk1593 unmanageable1600 uneasy1611 unhandy1664 awkward1695 1664 G. Etherege Comical Revenge ii. iii. 30 If she be not as kind as fair, But peevish and unhandy, Leave her. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 136 They took in pieces all my clumsy unhandy Things. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xvii. 55 Our boat carried a large unhandy sail. 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 47 Their being worked double made them unhandy. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague ii. v. 114 These swords are ugly and unhandy things. 1871 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Feb. 91 The very size and nature of the rig of many of the Spanish ships rendered them unwieldy and ‘unhandy’, as sailors call it. 1876 N. Amer. Rev. 123 32 An unhandy arrangement, which detracts from the value of the work. 2. Not skilful in using the hands; lacking in dexterity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands handless1483 left-handed1579 butterfingered1615 heavy-handeda1634 thumbless1648 unhandy1669 mutton-fisted1737 two-fisted1774 numb-handed1849 butterfingers1851 buttery-fingered1853 cack-handed1854 Marlborough-handed1893 thumb-fingered1903 thumby1909 ham-handed1918 ham-fisted1928 1669 T. Shadwell Royal Shepherdess i. i O fie, Urania! how unhandy art thou! Sir, let me practise my little skill in surgery Upon you. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iii. ii. 27 Yet in the common Actions and behaviour of Life, I have not seen a more clumsy, awkward, and unhandy People. 1798 W. Hutton Life 6 Being hurt at seeing the nurse unhandy, she would do the work herself. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VII. ii. lx. 452 The Akarnanian darters..were for this reason unhandy with their missiles. 1876 G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay I. iii. 118 He was unhandy to a degree quite unexampled in the experience of all who knew him. figurative.1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 32 Wise men were so awkward and unhandy in the ordering of publick affairs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1664
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