ham-handed
adjective
mainlyUSuk/ˌhæmˈhæn.dɪd/us/ˌhæmˈhæn.dɪd/(UKusuallyham-fisted)doing things in anawkwardorunskilledway when using thehandsordealingwithpeople:
Thereportcriticizesthe ham-handed way in whichcomplaintsweredealtwith.
Synonym
clumsy
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- for toffeeidiom
- fumble
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal