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Synonyms for ham-handed
ham-hand·ed

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  1. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handedadjective

    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"- Mary H. Vorse

    Synonyms:
    left-handed, levorotary, incompetent, bumbling, levorotatory, butterfingered, morganatic, handless, roughshod, heavy-handed, fumbling, clumsy, ham-fisted, bungling

    Antonyms:
    adroit

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#24911incompetent
#28776clumsy
#57710fumbling
#67008bumbling
#108120bungling
#126547roughshod

How to use ham-handed in a sentence?

  1. Andrew Wright:

    It's hard for me to imagine it's coming from Mueller's team. And it's kind of a ham-handed effort if it's someone who's trying to help the president.

  2. Ron DeSantis:

    If the legislature goes down that route I think that would be very beneficial, it would strike a good balance between penalizing the politicians who flouted the law but also not doing that in a way that’s ham handed and may deprive some innocent school kid of the ability to participate in a certain program.

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