fat-fingered
adjective
informaluk/ˌfæt ˈfɪŋ.ɡəd/us/ˌfæt ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚd/involvingpressingthewrongbuttonbyaccidentwhen you are using acomputerkeyboard, or used todescribesomeone who does this:
fat-fingeredofficeworkers
A fat-fingeredtraderbroughtchaosto themarket.
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fat finger
- Unfortunately the fat-fingeredbuyerhadhitthewrongbuttonson hiscomputerkeypad, beforeclickingthesendbutton.
- Perhaps it was just a fat-fingeredmistake.
- Call me fat-fingered oroldfashioned, I’ve nevergottenused totypingon asmartphone.
Operating computers
- admin
- aliasing
- always-on
- backsomeoneup
- black hat
- computerate
- computerize
- drill down
- enter
- escape
- interface
- keyboarder
- miswrite
- mouse oversomething
- munging
- navigational
- networking
- scroll
- ticket
- uninstall