numb-handed

adjective2

1. •
   Having hands that are numb.

   • I was in the delivery room as she was born into this world, nauseated by the excitement and numb-handed from Izzy squeezing the life from my digits. — 2010
2. •
   Inept or clumsy.

   • Most folks associate London with White Fang, The Call of the Wild, and struggling numb-handed to start a fire in the snow. (You know how that one ends.) — 2014