ham-handedly
adverb
mainlyUS(alsohamhandedly)uk/ˌhæmˈhæn.dɪd.li/us/ˌhæmˈhæn.dɪd.li/(UKusuallyham-fistedly)in anawkwardorunskilledway,especiallywhen usingyourhandsordealingwithpeople:
He got thelightsalltangledup as he ham-handedlytriedtohelpher take down herChristmastree.
He said thesystemwas "poorlyplanned,prematurelyimplementedand hamhandedlyrolledout".
Synonym
clumsily
- Themayoris beingcriticisedfor the way he ham-handedlymanagedtheresponseto thestorm.
- They ham-handedly made theannouncementand onlysucceededingeneratingalineofquestionsfrom theconfusedaudience.
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