HAM-HANDED
Dictionary entry overview: What does ham-handed mean? • HAM-HANDED (adjective)
The adjective HAM-HANDED has 1 sense:
1. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Familiarity information: HAM-HANDED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HAM-HANDED (adjective)
Meaning:
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Synonyms:
bumbling; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed; heavy-handed; bungling; handless; left-handed
Context examples:
a bumbling mechanic / a bungling performance / ham-handed governmental interference / could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature
Similar:
maladroit (not adroit)
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