butterfingered

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Daniel Powers, meanwhile, is admirably nimble as the butterfingered waiter in the witty restaurant number “A Romantic Atmosphere,” and David Schlumpf conveys expert exasperation as the overbearing maitre’ d.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

The New York City Police Department has come to the rescue of yet another butterfingered couple.

From Fox News • Jan. 7, 2019

It’s the dream that someday we’ll be able to navigate New York without ever being at the mercy of a rude cabdriver, an indifferent waiter or a butterfingered bellhop.

From New York Times • May 8, 2011

Mark Schwarzer, who was really good until even the slightest suggestion he might become an goalkeeper turned him into a butterfingered, cartwheeling maniac, looks like he might have decided it's best to stay at Fulham.

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2010

In almost every instance he has found them to be butterfingered bureaucracies.

From Time Magazine Archive