"cack-handedness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: cack-handed + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cack-handed|ness}} cack-handed + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} cack-handedness (uncountable)
  1. Left-handedness. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cack-handedness-en-noun-HhlkW-qB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 18 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 39 18 44
  2. Clumsiness or incompetence. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cack-handedness-en-noun-82MYsFUo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 18 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 39 18 44
  3. Back-handedness Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-cack-handedness-en-noun-OjfDlG9p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 18 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 39 18 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cackhandedness

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