non-dominant hand
Your backup appendage
The non-dominant hand is the one you don't favor for precise tasks—the left hand for right-handed people, the right for lefties.
It typically has less strength and coordination: Try writing your name with your non-dominant hand.
The term appears in medical contexts, sports instruction, and skill-building exercises that develop bilateral coordination.
- offhandCasually unrehearsed
- ambidextrousSkilled with both hands
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- gripSecure manual hold
dexterity · muscle memory · fumble · coordination · motor skills · sinister · southpaw · mirror · practice · fingers · thumb · wrist · steadying · assist · bilateral · piano · typing · knife and fork
- sign languageAmerican Sign Language, British Sign Language, fingerspelling, ASL, handshape
- brain lateralitylaterality, brain lateralization, brain hemispheres, ambidexterity, sidedness
- Fingerspellingfingerspelling, ASL alphabet, handshapes, letter formation, finger spelling
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