Ham-handed
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ham-handed is an adjective meaning Clumsy, heavy, or inept; not delicate, light or gentle.
Meaning
Clumsy, heavy, or inept; not delicate, light or gentle.
Example Sentences
Some of the dishes arrived damaged after their ham-handed moving efforts.
The result, disappointingly, is a scattershot work that is, by turns, entertaining and wearisome, energetic and hokey, delightfully evocative and cheaply sensational; dead-on in its conjuring of zeitgeist-y atmospherics, but often slow-footed and ham-handed in its orchestration of social details.
Synonyms for ham-handed
Depending on context, synonyms include ham-fisted, heavy-handed, maladroit, bungling, bumbling, butterfingered.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ham-fisted, heavy-handed, maladroit, butterfingered, bumbling, bungling.
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