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ham-fisted

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ham-fist·ed (hmfstd)
adj.
Ham-handed.

ham-fisted, ham-handed
adj
Informal lacking dexterity or elegance; clumsy
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Adj.1.ham-fisted - 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. Vorse
maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

ham-fisted
adjective clumsy (Informal) awkward, bungling, inept, cack-handed (informal), maladroit, ham-handed (informal), all fingers and thumbs (informal), butterfingered (informal), unhandy They can be made by even the most ham-fisted of cooks.
Translations
ham-fisted [ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd] ham-handed [ˌhæmˈhændɪd] ADJtorpe, desmañado
ham-fisted, ham-handed
adjungeschickt; efforts, person alsotollpatschig (inf)
ham-fisted [ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd] ham-handed (Am) [ˌhæmˈhændɪd] adjmaldestro/a
ham-fisted [ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd] ham-handed (Am) [ˌhæmˈhændɪd] adjmaldestro/a


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Bob Paton is an experienced and dedicated teacher who has ripped back the layers of political chicanery to reveal the often tragic consequences that have resulted from the ham-fisted federal policies imposed upon the states, who in turn, impose them on the school districts, who in their turn impose them upon the classroom teachers who, in order to meet scholastic improvement quotas and deadlines, 'teach the test' instead of getting at the root causes of scholastic underachievement.
Moreover, the ham-fisted use of blunt bureaucratic instruments, such as heavy reliance on standardized testing, has given "systemic reform" a bad name among educators, parents and community leaders concerned about the welfare of children.
The album's title track - but not its strongest - reads like a ham-fisted ``skateboarders of the world, unite'' checklist of the symptoms of adolescent malaise.
 
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