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Definition of "butterfingered" [but•ter•fin•gered]

  • Prone to dropping things; clumsy (adjective)

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Use "butterfingered" in a sentence
  • "Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam admitted his country has a cultural problem when it comes to fielding as the tourists '' butterfingered 'summer continued to haunt them on day one of the third Test against Australia at Bellerive on Thursday."
  • "I wonder if the high rate of butterfingered notebook computer owners suggests that those daft enough to take a computer to the beach are also daft enough not to look after it properly!"
  • "For the chronically butterfingered there's even a magnified input area from which you can adjust your "ink" to whatever size you please—no reading glasses necessary."
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