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ham-fisted
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ham-fisted
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he was so ham-fisted about it.
▪ I looked for the bolt of the gun desperately, ham-fisted with the unfamiliar weapon.
▪ The furore was increased by the ham-fisted police hunt for those responsible.
▪ The large defence cuts that Labour proposes would be ruinous to job prospects, and its ham-fisted intervention plans would not work.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
ham-fisted

ham-fisted \ham-fisted\ ham-handed \ham-handed\adj. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; clumsy; bungling; -- also used metaphorically of actions; as, ham-handed governmental interference.

Syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed.

Wiktionary
ham-fisted

a. 1 Lacking skill in physical movement, especially with the hands 2 (context by extension English) Lacking skill in general

WordNet
ham-fisted

adj. not skillful in physical movement 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 [syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed]

Usage examples of "ham-fisted".

An empty waterhoy and a ham-fisted no-seaman at the wheel letting her box the compass.