Cack-handedness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Left-handedness. uncountable
"Now the chances of the casual golfer being able to borrow a set of left-handed clubs are pretty slim ; so I had to do the best I could with a bagful of right-handed clubs which, owing to my natural cack-handedness, I had to grip with the right hand over the left..."
- 2 Clumsiness or incompetence. uncountable
"“No,” I say and take the phone offline. “It's mismanagement. Bungling. Ineptitude. Incompetence. Cack-handedness.""
- 3 Back-handedness uncountable
"Martin Maloney 's painting, Sony Levi, with its assured cack-handedness and considered vacuity can stand as an emblem of the movement."
Example
More examples"Now the chances of the casual golfer being able to borrow a set of left-handed clubs are pretty slim ; so I had to do the best I could with a bagful of right-handed clubs which, owing to my natural cack-handedness, I had to grip with the right hand over the left..."
Etymology
From cack-handed + -ness.
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