gripless

After the last gripless hand-shake, with the tremulous, "Take care of yourself, honey," the hard-working father and mother have turned their faces homeward, visibly affected by the separation, but resolved to shoulder the sacrifice of the daughter's much-needed help on the plantation, which oftentimes is all that they are able to contribute toward her education.

Tuskegee & Its People: Their Ideals and Achievements Booker T. Washington 1885

Other bikes had rusted chains or wheels, torn seats, or gripless handlebars, or sand in the brake shoes.

New Jersey Real-Time News Mark DiIonno 2010

When the Public Accounts Committee looked at it, they found amateurish working practices, endemic incompetence, and gripless management (see this blog).

Burning our money 2009

And then, pinched of nostril and marble-cold, earth’s last little posy in our gripless hands, we should lie supine and — such was the irony of things — no longer greatly care to know.

The Way Home 2003

96: End of eWorld - 00: The carpenter's trade in the computer age - 03: Quill gripless ergonomic mouse - 04: One free iTune from Pepsi - 06: Thanks for 30 strange years - Class action madness - 1 keyboard and mouse to rule them all - 08: Major League Baseball and the Mac

Low End Mac 2010