ham-handed (redirected from ham-handedness)

ham-hand·ed (hmhndd)

adj.

1. Lacking dexterity or skill; clumsy.

2. Lacking social grace or tact.

3. Having unusually large hands.

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ham-handed·ly adv.

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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. Vorse bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, 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"