All all thumbs synonyms
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A a adj all thumbs
- incompetent β not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- clumsy β A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- awkward β An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- inefficient β not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
- amateurish β If you describe something as amateurish, you think that it is not skilfully made or done.
- rude β discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- stiff β rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- unwieldy β not wieldy; wielded with difficulty; not readily handled or managed in use or action, as from size, shape, or weight; awkward; ungainly.
- ponderous β of great weight; heavy; massive.
- heavy-handed β oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- helpless β unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- hulking β heavy and clumsy; bulky.
- inelegant β not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
- inexperienced β not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.
- lumpish β resembling a lump.
- unable β lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
- uneasy β not easy in body or mind; uncomfortable; restless; disturbed; perturbed.
- untoward β unfavorable or unfortunate: Untoward circumstances forced him into bankruptcy.
- untactful β having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- weedy β full of or abounding in weeds.
- butterfingered β a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- clownish β If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- gawkish β awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- ham-handed β clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- lubberly β of or resembling a lubber.
- splay β to spread out, expand, or extend.
- unadept β very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- undexterous β skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- untalented β having talent or special ability; gifted.
- halting β Archaic. lame; limping.
- incapable β not capable.
- loser β a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
- wooden β consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.
- unapt β not appropriate; unfit; unsuitable: an unapt answer.
- facile β moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality: facile fingers; a facile mind.
- clunky β If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
- dumb β lacking intelligence or good judgment; stupid; dull-witted.
- half-witted β feeble-minded.
- idiotic β of, relating to, or characteristic of an idiot.
- ignorant β lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- moronic β Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- simple β easy to understand, deal with, use, etc.: a simple matter; simple tools.
- simpleminded β free of deceit or guile; artless or unsophisticated.
- slow β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- unintelligent β deficient in intelligence; dull; stupid.
- clumsy β A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- bungling β to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
- inept β without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- klutzy β clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.