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ham-fisted

HYPHEN

ham-fist=ed

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective ham-fisted has 1 sense

ham-fisted(s = adj.all) bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-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"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ham-fisted, adj.

not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; clumsy; bungling; -- also used metaphorically of actions; as, ham-handed governmental interference. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ham-fisted, adj. colloq. clumsy, heavy-handed, bungling.

Derivative

ham-fistedly adv. ham-fistedness n.

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