Found 2 hits - Term: ham-handed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
wordnet 1.5
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
ham-handed
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-fisted, handless, heavy-handed,
left-handed
see also:
bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted handless heavy-handed
left-handed
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