English Explanatory Dictionary

weak-handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having or involving hands that are weak or infirm.
  2. Weak; lacking courage and strength.
  3. Selling his invested position(s) in reaction to ephemeral signs of a downturn.
  4. Understaffed
  5. Poor; impoverished.
adv
  1. With gun held in hands that are not braced to strengthen the grip.
  2. In a weak-handed manner.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weak-handed.wav

Word forms

weak-handed more weak-handed most weak-handed weakhanded

Etymology

From weak + handed.

Derived words

weak-handedness
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