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View synonyms for ham-handed
ham-handed
[ ham-han-did ]
adjective
- clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed:
a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
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- hamhanded·ness especially British, hamfisted·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ham-handed1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
It was a new voice, and in contrast to the ham-handed posturing of “Officer Hernandez,” the threat was direct and more aggressive.
From The Daily Beast
It was ham-handed and poorly done, and it all could have been averted.
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The only fortunate thing for the White House is that the Republicans are often even more ham-handed than he.
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But they are chortling about how ham-handed Burson's PR guys were.
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Rather, they expressed surprise at how ham-handed Burson has been.
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I was getting ham-handed and mutton-fisted, flapping the old things every day; felt I wanted to stunt about a bit.
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