cack-handed

adjective

cack-hand·​ed ˈkak-ˌhan-dəd 

1

British : left-handed sense 1

2

British : clumsy, awkward

Synonyms

• awkward
• butterfingered
• clumsy
• graceless
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• handless
• heavy-handed
• left-handed
• maladroit
• unhandy

Examples of cack-handed in a Sentence

some duffer with a cack-handed grip on his golf club

Word History

Etymology

English dialect cack, keck awkward

First Known Use

circa 1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1