ham fisted in English

adjective

clumsy, awkward

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1. 5 his ham-fisted efforts to assist her.

2. 3 But he was so ham-fisted about it.

3. 2 They made several ham-fisted attempts to spy on her.

4. The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.

5. 9 The ham actor was ham-fisted after he took a slice of ham.

6. 1 The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.

7. The furore was increased by the ham-fisted police hunt for those responsible.

8. 4 The furore was increased by the ham-fisted police hunt for those responsible.

9. The Amateurish performances, ham-fisted dramatics and video nasty violence are a completely resistible combination

10. 10 The furore was increased by the ham-fisted police hunt for those responsible.

11. 6 Never before have I come across such a ham-fisted person as he is.

12. Today, 15 years later, I know why my attempt at consoling my friend was so ham-fisted .

13. 13 I looked for the bolt of the gun desperately, ham-fisted with the unfamiliar weapon.

14. 12 They can all be made in minutes by even the most ham-fisted of cooks.

15. Clunky (also: awkward, butterfingered, cack-handed, coltish, flat-footed, gawky, ham-fisted, ham-handed, hulking, oafish)

16. Synonyms for Bungling include awkward, clumsy, inept, maladroit, unskilful, blundering, ham-fisted, ham-handed, incompetent and inexpert

17. 27 When I first went to China, I was so ham-fisted that I couldn't even handle chopsticks.

18. 16 Today, 15 years later, I know why my attempt at consoling my friend was so ham-fisted .

19. 15 When I first went to China, I was so ham-fisted that I couldn't even handle chopsticks.

20. 11 For all its ham-fisted PR, it has, so far,[www.Sentencedict.com] been able to ride out its image problems.

21. 10 But the ham-fisted response to the Nobel crisis has dramatically undermined Beijing's post-Tiananmen efforts to rehabilitate its image.

22. The large defence cuts that Labour proposes would be ruinous to job prospects, and its ham-fisted intervention plans would not work.

23. 14 The large defence cuts that Labour proposes would be ruinous to job prospects, and its ham-fisted intervention plans would not work.

24. 17 We created a free page in a few minutes, but it's ham-fisted compared to what other users have devised with the same tools.

25. 8 Ham-fisted attempts by Brazil and Turkey to revive the deal would have provided Iran with 20%-enriched uranium but brought none of the other benefits.

26. 18 "I think there's concerns about the disruption, " he said on CNN's "State of the Union, " calling the scheduling of the speech a "little ham-fisted" by the White House.

27. Princeton's WordNet (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed (adj) lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

28. 7 It is also because the doctors have been ham-fisted: look at Hank Paulson's changes of mind about whether to use America's $700 billion rescue fund to recapitalise banks or to buy toxic assets.

29. The latest example of this anachronistic perspective is America’s ham-fisted (not to mention failed) attempt to stem support for the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, after repeatedly refusing to provide a greater voice for the world’s emerging powers in the Bretton Woods institutions.

30. Bungling: 1 adj lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands “a Bungling performance” Synonyms: bumbling , butterfingered , ham-fisted , ham-handed , handless , heavy-handed , left-handed maladroit not adroit adj showing lack of skill or aptitude “a Bungling workman” Synonyms: clumsy , fumbling , incompetent unskilled not having

31. ‘A big part of it has to do with lame plot Contrivances that slow the movie down rather than speeding it up.’ ‘Further plot Contrivances abound, including a gunshot wound that Michael simply shrugs off, all the priest's suspicions about Angela inexplicably dropped, and an illogical and ham-fisted final twist.’