Ham-fisted

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ham-fisted \ham-fisted\ ham-handed \ham-handed\adj.
     not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
     clumsy; bungling; -- also used metaphorically of actions; as,
     ham-handed governmental interference.
  
     Syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, handless,


          heavy-handed, left-handed.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ham-fisted
       adj : not skillful in physical movement 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 [syn: {bumbling}, {bungling},
             {butterfingered}, {ham-handed}, {handless}, {heavy-handed},
              {left-handed}]