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ham-handed

[ ham-han-did ]

adjective

  1. clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed:

    a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.



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Other Word Forms

  • 󲹳hԻĻ·Ա especially British, 󲹳fĻ·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ham-handed1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Former President Barack Obama, an alumnus himself, called Trump's move "ham-handed" and praised Harvard as "an example for other higher-ed institutions".

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Obama, a Harvard alum, described the freeze as "unlawful and ham-handed".

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While the film’s execution seems expert on the surface, the internal narrative design is unfortunately ham-handed and woefully dull.

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Would the greatest legal advocate of his time be so stupid as to sanction such a ham-handed bribery scheme?

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Musk’s ham-handed scheme is designed to induce new registrations of voters who are likely to vote for Trump while appearing to comply with the law.

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