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ham-handed
ham-hand·ed (hăm′hăn′dĭd)adj.1. Lacking dexterity or skill; clumsy.2. Lacking social grace or tact.3. Having unusually large hands.
ham′-hand′ed·ly adv.ham′-hand`ed
adj. clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed apology. [1915–20] ham′-hand`ed•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | ham-handed - lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorsebumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, heavy-handed, handless, bungling, left-handedmaladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda" |
ham-handed
ham-handedIn a clumsy manner; lacking care and skill. The candidate's ham-handed attempts to woo voters just ended up annoying them. Sorry for all the typos—I'm too ham-handed to hit the right keys on this tiny keyboard.ham-handed mod. lacking dexterity; clumsy. If I wasn’t so ham-handed, I could probably fix the thing myself. ham-handed
Synonyms for ham-handedadj lacking physical movement skills, especially with the handsSynonyms- bumbling
- butterfingered
- ham-fisted
- heavy-handed
- handless
- bungling
- left-handed
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