as in clumsy
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
that's a ham-fisted paint job if I ever saw one
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Recent Examples of ham-fisted
For how ham-fisted this show can be, the parallels drawn between killer and victim are relatively subtle here.
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Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Given the extraordinary scale of American involvement in the Middle East over the past four and a half decades, why have U.S. policies been so consistently ham-fisted?
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
Not even Lacy’s achingly vulnerable performance can keep that element of Troy’s journey from feeling ham-fisted.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
For the next three years, the government continued to press its case, in efforts that appeared increasingly ham-fisted as public support for Mr. Lennon and Ms. Ono grew.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
Even some of Newsom’s usual allies found this pandering ham-fisted, and more than a little insulting to Feinstein, just short of talking about her in past tense.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Oct. 2023
With music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, the score is riddled with ham-fisted clichés about having no future and feeling misunderstood.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Given the extraordinary scale of American involvement in the Middle East over the past four and a half decades, why have U.S. policies been so consistently ham-fisted?
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
Not even Lacy’s achingly vulnerable performance can keep that element of Troy’s journey from feeling ham-fisted.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
For the next three years, the government continued to press its case, in efforts that appeared increasingly ham-fisted as public support for Mr. Lennon and Ms. Ono grew.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
Even some of Newsom’s usual allies found this pandering ham-fisted, and more than a little insulting to Feinstein, just short of talking about her in past tense.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Oct. 2023
With music and lyrics by Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, the score is riddled with ham-fisted clichés about having no future and feeling misunderstood.
—Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
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