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ham-handed
[ ham-han-did ]
adjective
- clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed:
a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
Other Word Forms
- hԻĻ·Ա especially British, fĻ·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of ham-handed1
Example Sentences
Former President Barack Obama, an alumnus himself, called Trump's move "ham-handed" and praised Harvard as "an example for other higher-ed institutions".
Obama, a Harvard alum, described the freeze as "unlawful and ham-handed".
While the film’s execution seems expert on the surface, the internal narrative design is unfortunately ham-handed and woefully dull.
Would the greatest legal advocate of his time be so stupid as to sanction such a ham-handed bribery scheme?
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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