ham-fistedly

ham-fist·ed (h

adj.

Ham-handed.

ham-fisted, ham-handed

adj

Informal lacking dexterity or elegance; clumsy

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Adj.

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

bumbling, butterfingered, ham-handed, heavy-handed, handless, bungling, left-handed

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] ADJ → torpe, desmañado

ham-fisted, ham-handed

adj → ungeschickt; efforts, person also → tollpatschig (inf)

ham-fisted [ˌhæmˈfɪstɪd] ham-handed (Am) [ˌhæmˈhændɪd] adj → maldestro/a

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A new Labour Party website ham-fistedly poking fun at its opponents has been causing a right kerfuffle.

TOM BODDEN CAPITAL EYE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

The Assad regime ham-fistedly censors foreign media coverage of which it disapproves (surprise, surprise), but a fair amount of information about America seeps through--including the revelation by American General Wesley Clark about what Donald Rumsfeld apparently told (in November 2001) another general, who told Clark: "We're going to take out seven countries [including Iran, Iraq and Syria] in five years" (p.

The Blogging Revolution by Stove, R.J. / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs

The sheriff's spokesman ham-fistedly explains that the good news is that the other one-quarter of those recently promoted to senior management haven't made any personal payments to the boss.

BACA FAILS TO KEEP POLITICS, JOB APART by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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